Researchers Record First-Ever Blue Whale Heart Rate, Revealing Physiological Extremes
With a lot of ingenuity and a little luck, researchers monitored the heart rate of a blue whale in the wild. The measurement suggests that blue whale hearts are operating at extremes – and may limit…
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