Young bowhead whales may cease growing lengthwise to grow head and baleen plates
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 13:01
in Biology & Nature
Young bowhead whales may cease growing lengthwise and undergo severe bone loss to help grow their enormous head and baleen plates, according to a study published June 22, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by John George from North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, Alaska, and colleagues.