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Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth Humpback whales cast bubble nets to catch prey. They may be learning from each other

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Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth

Science

NPR Topics: Science•Mar 27

Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth

The researchers launched two aerial drones and started filming. "We captured laboring and the moment that the fluke emerged from the mom," Gero said (whales are born tail-first). They used underwater microphones to record the whales clicking to each other beneath the water — their communication is the focus of Gero's work as lead biologist for Project CETI, a nonprofit whale research group.

Humpback whales cast bubble nets to catch prey. They may be learning from each other

Science

NPR Topics: Science•Jan 28

Humpback whales cast bubble nets to catch prey. They may be learning from each other

Humpback whales will sometimes use an intricate strategy to catch food called bubble-net feeding. A new study suggests they're spreading the knowledge of how to do it to each other.