whale - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com When science has a story Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:47:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.talksciencetome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-tsm-logo-512-32x32.png whale - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com 32 32 159279938 Why Do Whales Breathe Air? https://www.talksciencetome.com/2023/08/02/why-do-whales-breathe-air/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:14:41 +0000 https://www.talksciencetome.com/?p=5395 It’s a fair question. Most multicellular life on Earth requires oxygen to sustain metabolism, and those organisms get it from the fluids around them. (Yes, even plants.) But while organisms that breathe water but live on land are few and far between, aquatic and semiaquatic air-breathers are abundant. Many frogs, salamanders, crocodilians, caiman lizards, sea… Read More »Why Do Whales Breathe Air?

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