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Scientists hunting #mammoth #fossils found #whales 400 km inland
It looked like Wooller and team might have found evidence mammoths lived in central #Alaska just 2,000ya. But #DNA revealed that two “mammoth” bones actually belonged to North #Pacific #rightwhale and a #minkewhale—which raised a whole new set of questions. The team’s hunt for Alaska’s last mammoth had turned into an epic case of mistaken identity, starring two whale species and a mid-century fossil hunter.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/scientists-hunting-mammoth-fossils-found-whales-400-km-inland/

#DCE #Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) show a continous decline in the inner #danish waters. Porpoises are withstanding in the #NorthSea, where there were observed another four species in the danish parts of North Sea and #Skagerrak: #MinkeWhale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), #WhiteBeakedDolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris), #AtlanticWhiteSidedDolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) and #AtlanticBottlenoseDolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Article and link to study in #danish. https://dce.au.dk/aktuelt/nyheder/nyhed/artikel/marsvinebestand-mere-end-halveret-undersoegelse-afsloerer-drastisk-nedgang-i-danske-farvande