The theory behind it is acoustic location, which is a specialized type echolocation. The most common example of echolocation is in Bats, who emit ultrasonic noise and listen for its return (echo ...

Scientists at Hokkaido University determined DNA sequences of genes which were expressed in acoustic fat bodies—collections of fat around the head that toothed whales use for echolocation.

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Beluga whales appear to communicate with each other by contorting their heads into various shapes, new research reveals. A ...

They found that while the melon can take any number of subtly different shapes, these all fall into five distinct ...

‘Chewing muscles were no longer needed.' By Laura Baisas | Published Apr 9, 2024 1:02 PM EDT Belugas and other toothed whales use echolocation to see and sense the world around them. Deposit ...

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Researchers have created a visual encyclopedia of the different expressions that belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas) in captivity seem to make with their highly mobile “melon,” a squishy deposit of fat ...

One adaptation was the partial loss of their sense of smell and taste, along with the gain of echolocation to enable them to navigate in the underwater environment. The researchers found that ...

Some new genetic analysis suggests that the collections of fatty tissues that enable echolocation in toothed whales may have evolved from their skull muscles and bone marrow,changing how these ...