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Whaling Specimens, 1930s
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Fetal specimens collected by commercial whalers offer insights into how whales may have evolved their specialized hearing organs.
Fetal specimens collected by commercial whalers offer insights into how whales may have evolved their specialized hearing organs.
After using CT scanning on fetal whale specimens, researchers have confirmed that changes in the development of ear bones in…
When it comes to hearing underwater, most mammals' ears just aren’t up to the task. For humans, it’s partly because the density…
IMAGE: Top: Stenella attenuata (USNM 504048). Bottom: Balaenoptera acutorostrata, juvenile specimen not part of this study. The…
Scientists CT scanned fetal whale specimens from the museum's marine mammal collection to trace the development of fetal ear…
A team of scientists from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History gained new understanding about the evolutionary…
Smithsonian researchers offer up an unprecedented glimpse at the development of the “acoustic funnel,” an ear area found…
( PLOS ) Changes in ear bone development in the womb paralleled changes observed throughout whale evolution, providing new…