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Prehistoric Whale Discovered off Coast of Australia

Greek Reporter 14 Aug 2025
Researchers say it represents an early ancestor of modern baleen whales, which include the humpback and blue whale ... Unlike modern baleen whales, which filter-feed using baleen plates, these early relatives had hard plates attached to their jaws.
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Baleen whale strandings increase tenfold along southwest coast

The Times of India 12 Aug 2025
Kochi. There is a tenfold increase in the stranding of baleen whales in the last decade along the southwest coast of India, triggering an urgent need for region-specific conservation strategies in the face of climate change ... brydei and B ... .
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Whale baleen saga – and how it came home (Department of Conservation of New Zealand)

Public Technologies 30 Jun 2025
An Auckland-based woman purchased the whale baleen to sketch and was unaware she needed a permit from DOC. Baleen is the filter-feeding system of plates inside the mouths of large whales like humpbacks.
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