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Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

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A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways. For a long time, scientists ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca Vega Thurber, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) ...

Dormant whales are reactivating, moving over 892,000 BTC since January, signaling renewed selling pressure post-crash. Whale inflows surged to monthly highs, with 17,000+ BTC sent to exchanges, often ...