Monthly Archives: October, 2022

The term “taxonomy” refers to the study or science associated with classifying different organisms (whether plants, animals or human beings). In order to do this accurately, similarities between and amongst different...

The term “etymology” refers to the study of the origin of words and how they have changed and evolved over the course of history. This reveals important information about the object...

Whales are susceptible to the pollution of their watery habitats and have, sadly, absolutely no control of this endangering factor. There are two main types of pollution that affect these mammals...

The Bible book of Genesis refers to “monsters of the sea” and it is widely believed that these ancient monsters included (if not referred solely) to whales. These mammoth beasts are...

Scientific Name: Physeter macrocephalusOther Names: Cachalot, Great Sperm Whale The Sperm Whale has a particularly wide distribution and is one of the better known whales to the average person. It is characterised...

Whales are mammoth creatures and are mammals; both factors that may make the assumption that they have enormous lungs seem to be quite reasonable. However, this is not actually the case....