Rarely sighted, seldom studied, the smallest member of the filter-feeding whale family, meet the enigma that is the pygmy right whale. New research led by UNSW marine ecologists suggests that these pygmy right whales differ from their relatives not only in size, but also in their behaviour. The pygmy right whale appears to be one of the few whale species to forgo long-distance migrations to Antarctic waters and instead live in temperate waters near Australia throughout the year. “They’re our lit
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