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Xiaoyu Huang, Mingming Liu, Samuel T. Turvey, Mingli Lin and Songhai Li
Marine mammals are a diverse group of aquatic animals that exhibit wide variation in body size, living conditions, breeding habitat, social behaviour and phylogeny. Although case studies about prenatal investment in cetaceans and pinnipeds have been inve...
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Virginia Sciacca, Giuseppe Morello, Laura Beranzoli, Davide Embriaco, Francesco Filiciotto, Giuditta Marinaro, Giorgio Maria Riccobene, Francesco Simeone and Salvatore Viola
The Mediterranean fin whale emits two types of 20-Hz calls, known as ?classic? and ?backbeat?, that can be produced in irregular series or in patterned sequences called songs. The analysis of songs is recognized as a meaningful approach to study baleen w...
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Jan-Olaf Meynecke and Hilla Kela
The use of objects by cetaceans is well known, and their ability to interact with their environment in complex behaviours has been demonstrated previously. However, baleen whales, including humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), are less often observe...
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John McCollough and Henry F. Check, Jr.
This paper presents empirical evidence which indicates that the introduction of petroleum based products on the American markets was a significant factor in reducing the demand for whale oil. As a result, the whaling industry, America?s 5th largest indus...
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