Researchers identify hybrid pilot whale off Spanish coast
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
A European project has recorded the first ever documented hybridisation - offspring resulting from cross-breeding - between species of cetaceans, an order of marine mammals that include whales, dolphins and porpoises. The discovery could further our understanding of these mammals' habits and behaviour, and whether their living patterns and migratory instincts are changing.