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Eophyseter damarcoi, a new giant sperm whale (Physeteridae) from the early Pliocene, closely related to the modern sperm whale but with different swimming capabilities. #sciart #paleoart
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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"A new species of Miophyseter (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae) from the Miocene of Japan" 🧪

Project: bit.ly/46GexbN

Article in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social: bit.ly/4xzuRXH

#fossil #fossilfriday #evolutionarybiology #biology #paleontology #openaccess #whale
September 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
science.express
It’s #WhaleWednesday!

It turns out, Sperm Whale (Physeter macro­cephalus) communications closely resemble ours.

royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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#cetacea #physeteridae #wildlife #language #nature #biodiversity #zoology #mammalia #climate #ocean #science

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A mother and baby sperm whale swimming together. Photo: Gabriel Barathieu, CC BY-SA 2.0 File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_and_baby_sperm_whale.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
April 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
eurobis.bsky.social
#NewDataset
Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling records
> 3992 occurrences from #Scotland
> #Ziphiidae #Physeteridae #Balaenidae #Balaenopteridae

available via eurobis.org/imis?module=...

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February 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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100 years later, this skeleton has been mounted for display and reexamined by Bisconti et. al, who determined it actually belongs to a unique genus of basal physeterid, Eophyseter damarcoi
Photograph of the mounted skeleton of Eophyseter damarcoi at Chiesa del Gesú, Michelerio Palace, Asti. The skull here is printed from the scan of a modern sperm whale, scaled to fit the neck vertebrae of Eophyseter. Taken from Bisconti et al 2025 Phylogenetic tree of Physeteroidea, taken from Bisconti et al 2025. Eophyseter places within Physeteridae, basal to the clade that includes modern sperm whales and Aulophyseter
January 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM
biodiversitybot.bsky.social
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Family Physeteridae
Range: Marine
IUCN status: Vulnerable
ML639979610 - Sperm Whale - Macaulay Library
© Khaleb Yordan; Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi, Indonesia;
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October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
eurobis.bsky.social
#NewDataset 🐋
Happywhale - Sperm whale in Arctic Ocean
> 9 occurrences from #ArticOcean
> #Physeteridae

available via https://eurobis.pulse.ly/zwa056amv2

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A sperm whale swims near the surface of crystal-clear blue water, revealing its large, gray body and textured skin. Its eye and fin are visible, and sunlight reflects off the water, highlighting the whale's immense size and presence.
April 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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I'd be a bit concerned that detecting sonar and running away is something that large tasty cephalopods have had a very strong incentive to work on ever since the Physeteridae evolved ...
February 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM
calymeneblue.bsky.social
New paper!

Welcome to Diaphorocetus ortegai, the latest new fossil whale from Peru!

sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiqu...
A new platyrostrine sperm whale from the Early Miocene of the southeastern Pacific (East Pisco Basin...
Contrasting with their suction feeding modern relatives in the families Kogiidae and Physeteridae, Miocene physeteroids display a broad range of feeding strategies. Despite the continuous improvements...
sciencepress.mnhn.fr
December 1, 2023 at 2:53 PM
mostlymammoths.bsky.social
A new platyrostrine sperm #whale from the Early Miocene of the southeastern Pacific (East Pisco Basin, #Peru) supports affinities with the southwestern Atlantic cetacean fauna

Olivier Lambert et al

#paleontology #palaeontology 🧪⚒️
A new platyrostrine sperm whale from the Early Miocene of the southeastern Pacific (East Pisco Basin...
Contrasting with their suction feeding modern relatives in the families Kogiidae and Physeteridae, Miocene physeteroids display a broad range of feeding strategies. Despite the continuous improvements...
sciencepress.mnhn.fr
November 30, 2023 at 9:51 PM
lablit.bsky.social
Whales - like most animals - have a suite of parasites

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
July 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
pumpkinspicenoun.bsky.social
Pumpkin Spice Family Physeteridae
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM