About this episode

This episode discusses the discovery of a giant, ancient whale necropolis and highlights recent research findings in marine biology and chemical processes.

In this episode: 00:46 A giant, ancient whale necropolis Research article: Peng et al. News & Views: A vast whale necropolis has been found 08:52 Research Highlights Nature: Babies’ birth weight improves with help of payments to parents Nature: Earliest signs of vision recorded in ancient sea-floor tracks 11:11 Turning plant material into chemical building-blocks Research article: Mains et al. Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• whale necropolis
• ancient marine life
• research highlights
• chemical building-blocks
• birth weight
• vision in ancient tracks

Keywords

• whale graveyard
• ancient whales
• marine research
• birth weight
• chemical building-blocks
• vision
• sea-floor tracks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Springer Nature Limited

Books & works: Peng et al., Mains et al.

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