Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales Although bowhead whales remained genetically stable through 11,000 years of Holocene environmental change, commercial whaling upended this long-term stability, driving population subdivision and genom...

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A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale. (Image credit: Danny Lawson/PA Images)

A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer #Science #HealthandMedicine #Oncology #BowheadWhale #CancerResearch #Genetics

#Alaska Territory #MarineMammal The #BowheadWhale by #taiche #redbubble an educational illustration. Dive into the Arctic depths as we celebrate Alaska's marine mammal! These gentle giants are true survivorsin Arctic icy waters. #whalelovergifts www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1711...

🚨 MIND-BLOWING: Bowhead whales live 200+ years because they're LITERAL DNA REPAIR MACHINES 🧬🐋

New Nature study reveals these Arctic legends have SUPERCHARGED DNA mutation repair. The future of longevity is swimming in the Arctic RIGHT NOW.

#Science #DNA #Longevity #BowheadWhale

Bowhead Whales' 200-Year Lifespan Secret Scientists uncover the DNA repair protein behind bowhead whales' remarkable longevity.

Bowhead Whales' 200-Year Lifespan Secret techlife.blog/posts/bowhea... #DNArepair #bowheadwhale #ageing

An illustration of a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) skeleton

Whale skeletons are strange
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Third and final layer on ‘The Life & Times of the Bowhead Whale (268 Years)’. The lifespan of the bowhead whale is considered the longest of any mammal. Quite wonderful to think they have been swimming around our globe all that time.

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In 2007, Alaskan hunters made an extraordinary discovery inside a bowhead whale: fragments of a 19th-century exploding harpoon lodged in its body.

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Whale Wednesday - the bowhead whale (Balaena Mysticetus)! 🐋🐳

#SaveTheWhales #Bowheadwhale #Whalewednesday #Whales #WhaleArt #WhaleArtist #OceanArt #AnimalArt #Cetaceans #Artyear #SciArt #BlueskyArtist #Artshare #Art #drawing #illustration

"The immortal spirit of the Arctic"
Experimental painting, oil on canvas.
On sale, if you are interested ask through dm or email.
All the paintings include a surprise gift.

#oilpainting #arctic #whale #traditionalart #mixedmedia #bowheadwhale #balaenamysticetus #northernlights #art #humanart

Photo of part of a painting showing a bowhead whale, a beluga whale, the outlines of two more bowhead whales, and the filled-in outline of another beluga whale

Photo showing the painting I'm currently working on, with several bowhead whales in various stages of completion from outline to almost fully painted, beluga whales as solid shapes with no details, and an aurora borealis around the whales. There are pale sponges and corals at the bottom of the painting as if they're growing out of the sea floor.

Photo of the same painting as previously described, but with more details on one of the whales on the left side and some of the background aurora repainted around the whales. The whales that are more completely painted are partially covered with masking tape to protect the details and shapes while I redo the auroras, since I'm basically swiping the paint upward from a rippling line and can't trim around more complicated shapes like flippers and flukes

#Painting progress! Ft. masking tape used for masking so I can repaint bits of the background under my #whales It's nice to pick this up again after a month or so of very important knitting projects

#acrylic #bowheadwhale #belugawhale #workinprogress

My current painting in progress. The background transitions from black at the top through blue to a pale green-blue at the bottom, with corals and sponges clustered near the bottom of the canvas. The top has streaks of pale green extending upward from rippling horizontal strokes to represent the aurora borealis. On top of the aurora are the outlines of 5 bowhead whales in dark gray and 6 pale gray-green silhouettes of beluga whales, swimming toward the right-hand side of the canvas. There are no further details added to any of the whales, so everything looks kinda flat and hard to distinguish

My show on Sunday went really well, but I'm excited to have time to paint again! I roughed in the next part of this #WIP I started back in June and am looking forward to #painting all the #whales over the next few days! (Whales are my favorite animals)

#bowheadwhale #belugawhale #acrylic

Does anyone in central Illinois remember a dial-up BBS (bulletin board service) named Bowhead Whale? I have vague memories of reading and posting there in the early 1990s, back before I accessed the www on Prairienet. #BBS #prairienet #bowheadwhale

Bowhead whale faeces link increasing algal toxins in the Arctic to ocean warming - Nature An analysis of bowel samples from bowhead whales collected yearly from 2004–2022 indicates increasing algal toxin concentrations in Arctic food webs due to warming ocean conditions.

🐋 #whale
🦑 #Marineresearch

New study in Nature looks at the levels of #algealtoxins in the #whalepoop of
205 #bowheadwhale harvested over a 19-year period. They found statistically significant evidence that climate change is associated w/ increased exposure to toxin

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Climate Change Poses Severe Threat to Bowhead Whale Habitat | Newswise New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 per ce...

Climate Change Poses Severe Threat to Bowhead Whale Habitat
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#arcticecosystems #bowheadwhale #climatechange #habitat

A golden sunset landscape featuring a golden river valley that reflects the colors of a golden sky with sparse flat clouds. The sun sets on the horizon casting golden rays across the landscape below. Flying above the landscape and towards the setting sun is a large bowhead whale. Cast in a golden color of the sunset the whale flies towards the horizon.

Sky Whale Speedpaint. Bowhead Sunset.

#Whale #BowheadWhale #Landscape #FurryArt #Art #DigitalArt #Speedpaint

World Whale Day World Whale Day celebrates whale species from oceans across the world. Find out more about these awe-inspiring animals and how you can help protect them.

Happy World Whale Day!

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Bowhead Whale - Large Drawing

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🦑 #marineresearch
#whale #bowheadwhale

Further coverage, this time from @smithsonianmag.bsky.social of bowhead whales synchronize their movements over great distances

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Meet The Longest-Living Mammal (Hint: It’s Been Found Alive With An 1880s-Era Harpoon In Its Side) In 2007, whalers in Alaska killed a whale that had a Victorian-era explosive harpoon embedded in its neck. Here are the incredible details.

#Whale #longevity

Article on how harpoon fragment revealed 200 year age of #bowheadwhale. Also mentions the even longer lifespans of #greenlandshark, #oceanquahog, & #glasssponge.

Longest vs. Shortest: Bowhead whales can live over 200 years! In contrast, the Etruscan shrew has a lifespan of only about 2 years, one of the shortest (and smallest) among mammals. #BlackMammalogists #BowheadWhale #EtruscanShrew #MammalLifespan

Visualizing the Average Lifespans of Mammals While smaller animals such as weasels typically live 1-2 years, larger counterparts can thrive for decades.

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Greenland sharks live longer, but the 200-year lifespan of a bowhead whale is pretty impressive