On the backs of fish and many whales, which cuts through the waters surface . The beluga doesnt have one. This whale lives far to the north where its very cold and where, more often than not, this hardy white whale finds itself swimming under arctic ice sheets. Quite frankly, a dorsal fin would get in the way or worse, scraped up, or off. So no dorsal fin. But that doesnt mean that only this individual beluga whale doesnt have one and that this other beluga whale does. No, all beluga whales have adapted to have no dorsal fin. This is not something that they decided as individuals no matter how intelligent they might be. But its something that nature decided for them, in a manner of speaking. Physical adaptations during an animals life span but over many generations, and these changes to an animals body almost always result as a response to one of three things one, factors in the animals habitat, which is where it lives. These factors include adapting to the climate as in the case of ou
What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer from nbc brks krrksbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its friday morning. Im savannah alongside willie geist. We talked earlier about how remarkable it is we had george w bush, president obama and president clinton entering in on the race. Enter the pope. Dont miss religion and politics, not applying to this race. It is a big story this morning. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches ahead of tomorrows Democratic Caucus in nevada, and the republican primary in South Carolina. As willie mentioned, this election has taken another strange twist, with this back and forth between donald trump and the pope. We will talk to mr. Trump live in a moment. We want to begin our decision 2016 coverage this morning with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. South carolina, of course, famous for a
Some ice mixing in as temperatures will play a key role will watch this one closely but expect some potential problems on monday. Carstar race street between findlay street and mcmicken will be street and mcmicken will be closed for approximately two hours starting at 3 p. M. , for the delivery of a streetcar vehicle at the maintenance and Operations Facility mof in overtherhine. In addition, henry street will be closed between elm and race. Happening now waking up to another frigid morning. Many School Districts are delayed this morning because of the cold temperatures and wind chill. Our jordan vilines is live to explain how officials make the call. The cleared and flurries ended overnight. Much of the tri state will be clear for the am commute. Without a thick blanket of cloud cover, it will be cold with most areas within a few degrees of 10 for the commute. Wind chills this morning will be in 5 to 5 range. Numerous schools are delayed due to the frigid temperatures. Breaking now a
The odd exchange that left the billionaire scrambling to explain while his rivals pounced. Well talk to trump in a live interview. Erin andrews and her convicted stalker expected to testify at her 75 million civil trial today. Were live at the courthouse. Cursed cruise ship . Another illfated voyage for Royal Caribbeans anthem of the seas, just weeks after passengers were battered by a powerful storm. This time, bad weather and a norovirus outbreak forcing it to return to port today, monday, february 29th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. February 29th. You dont say that very often. Every four years, actually. Exactly right. Did you watch the show last night . Best costume design. Proud of myself. Thats about 9 40, Something Like that. I know. Way to go. Chris rock seemed to have the time of his life. Seemed to enjoy that. Took the co
This time, bad weather and a norovirus outbreak forcing it to return to port today, monday, february 29th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. February 29th. You dont say that very often. Every four years, actually. Exactly right. Did you watch the show last night . I stayed up all the way to best costume design. Proud of myself. Thats about 9 40, Something Like that. I know. Way to go. Chris rock seemed to have the time of his life. Seemed to enjoy that. Took the controversy right on. There were surprises. Al and natalie spent the weekend out in los angeles. Theyre still up. Good morning to you. What a night it was. We havent gone to bed yesterday. It was so much fun. I got to see chris rock at the preview of the oscar performance. It was spot on. He was amazing. Definitely getting rave reviews. It was, as you mentioned, a big night for