I am a lecturer in evolutionary biology at Otago University, in Aotearoa New Zealand. I use DNA technologies to answer questions about the evolution and the conservation of plants and animals.

The true origins of the world's smallest and weirdest whale
Jul 11, 2023 06:43 am UTC| Nature
The pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata, is the weirdest whale youve probably never heard of. It is the smallest of the living baleen whales and restricted to the Southern Hemisphere. Its tank-like skeleton is...