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more about #extinction ParryLost: I keep thinking -- what if it's just the recording equipment or medium used that's different, after all these decades? But then, I'm sure they'd take... more » Klebert L. Hall: This isn't science, it's random speculation. We don't have anything like a legitimate baseline for the data. For example, we don't know what the songs... more » Blair Mitchelmore: Why are there only two references to Star Trek IV here?? Come on, nerds. Get on this. Clearly, the whale are informing the rod and ball to come and... more » SpammerOvTheGods: maybe some blue just wrote the undersea version of Hey Ya and the rest of them can't stop singing it? #@! more » omgwtflolbbqbye: Maybe they just realized the ladies like a little bass to get in the mood: more » Pessimippöpötåmus: Why do kids speak the way they do? more » okidokedork: In my best Goldblum voice: Can't you see! It's a count down! It's like in chess: First, you strategically position your pieces and when the timing is ... more » phoghat: Since whales are so long lived maybe a bunch went through puberty and their voices changed. more » Bigdamnhero: When the songs were at their highest pitch, blue whales had been hunted to the brink of extinction... we presume it is a behavioral change, but we don... more » moifauxmail: Because the Doctor's Song is ending? more » Matthew Anderson: This can only mean one thing: the rod-and-ball from Star Trek IV is here. Now I just gotta walk around Golden Gate Park until I find me that cloaked ... more » Hachiken: "If only we could figure out what blue whales were singing about..." They're singing about finding a lover that isn't directly related to them, so th... more » thexpert is no ones lapdog: It's the whale music scene changing. These whales are moving from their hair metal faze to the miami booty bass sound. In another thirty years they'll... more » steam23: So long and thanks for all the fish. more » collex: They are clearly doing it because the Whale Probe is getting nearer and nearer. I sure hope we have a comandeered Bird of Prey ready when it comes, or... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Show them some panda porn. #science more » MonkeyT: Some folks say that bears go around eating babies raw. Some folks got a bear across the hall. #science more » AshThePirate: That's actually pretty interesting. Everything I've read about bears suggests that the males have no part in raising the young (mate, parts ways, mom ... more » Greg Lynch: Who knew there were bears in France and they were having population problems #science more » NerD: Blattella: This isn't limited to Bears. Lions have been known to do the same thing. There is something off-putting about watching a female lion who has lost he... more » -
#strangeanimalbehavior
Blue Whales Are Changing Their Tunes, But Why?
The songs blue whales use to communicate and attract mates have been dropping in pitch worldwide for decades, and researchers think it might actually be a sign that an endangered population is recovering.
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#evolution
In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
The brown bear population has been declining in parts of France for decades, but now a group of scientists say they have an unorthodox solution. Just bring in more female bears. But not for the reasons you might think. More » -
#deathfromabove
The Comet that Destroyed America
Dinosaurs may not have been Earth's only creatures to face extinction from above. A team of researchers has found evidence that suggests a comet once hit North America, taking the continent's mammals down with it. More »
