Blue whales sing, feast on shrimps off Kerala coast
It was a chance discovery. Marine biologists were on the trail of Luban, a humpback whale. But in the process, they discovered the chorus of blue whales in Kerala waters!
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a chance discovery. Marine biologists were on the trail of Luban, a humpback whale. But in the process, they discovered the chorus of blue whales in Kerala waters!
It all started in 2018 when A Biju Kumar, head of Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, received a call from marine mammal expert Dr Dipani Sutaria, alerting him about the journey of Luban, a female humpback whale, which was tagged by the research team. The whale had reached the Kerala coast.
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New freshwater crab genus discovered
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Genus has been named Rajathelphusa after Rajakumari
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Genus has been named Rajathelphusa after Rajakumari
Researchers have come across a new genus of freshwater crab with two new species from the Western Ghats region in Idukki district. The genus has been named
Rajathelphusa after Rajakumari, the place where the specimens were spotted.
The discovery has been published in the latest issue of
Zoological Studies by Smrithy Raj and A. Biju Kumar of the Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, and Prof. Peter Ng, head, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, an authority on crabs. The two new species in the genus have been christened