Tag Archive for 'Rorqual whale'

The sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) is the fourth-largest rorqual after the blue whale, the fin whale and the humpback whale. Sei whale mother and calf as seen from the air. Image credit: Christin Khan / NOAA / NEFSC.

Rorqual Whales Have Unique Stretchy Nerves

May 5, 2015 by News Staff

A group of marine biologists from the University of British Columbia, Stanford University, and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural...