Gravity has played a critical role in the development of terrestrial life. A key event in
evolution has been the development of mechanisms to sense and transduce gravitational …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Evolution of the cochlea and high-frequency hearing (> 20 kHz; ultrasonic to humans) in
mammals has been a subject of research for many years. Recent advances in …

The emergence of Cetacea in the Paleogene represents one of the most profound
macroevolutionary transitions within Mammalia. The move from a terrestrial habitat to a …

Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) are an order of mammals that originated about
50 million years ago in the Eocene epoch. Even though all modern cetaceans are obligate …

Hearing mechanisms in baleen whales (Mysticeti) are essentially unknown but their
vocalization frequencies overlap with anthropogenic sound sources. Synthetic audiograms …

This special issue of the Anatomical Record explores many of the anatomical adaptations
exhibited by aquatic mammals that enable life in the water. Anatomical observations on a …

The Eocene history of cetacean evolution is now represented by the expansive fossil record
of archaeocetes elucidating major morphofunctional shifts relating to the land to sea …

Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are gigantic filter-feeding cetaceans possessing the unique soft
tissue structure baleen and lacking adult teeth; Oligocene fossils have revealed a wealth of …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have recently emerged as a relatively
affordable and accessible method for studying wildlife. Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) …