Insights into Nursing and Weaning from Whale Teeth

Written By Mary Bates
Male northern bottlenose whale. Cephas/Whitehead Lab, via Wikimedia Commons.

Male northern bottlenose whale. Cephas/Whitehead Lab, via Wikimedia Commons.

A century of commercial whaling across the North Atlantic cut a swath through the population of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus). Now, samples collected from whaling expeditions are actually helping scientists learn more about these elusive animals and work towards their conservation.

Read the post at my Animal Minds blog: Insights into Nursing and Weaning from Whale Teeth.

Mary Bates
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