Menopause ‘may explain why some female whales live decades longer than others’
by Nilima Marshall
Mar 13, 2024
2 minutes
Menopause may explain why some female whale species such as belugas and narwhals live around 40 years longer than others, scientists have said.
Apart from humans, whales are the only mammals that go through menopause.
This natural biological process is known to exist in just five species of toothed whale: short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer
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