beaked

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The researchers point to earlier work on beaked whale circovirus that suggested a link to immunosuppression, a pattern that aligns with how circoviruses affect some land mammals and birds.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

Jay Cowen, from the trust, told BBC Radio Cornwall it was believed the whale was either a Cuvier's beaked whale or a northern bottlenose.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

But a northern population of beaked hazelnuts revealed something surprising: five distinct genetic subgroups, four of which could be traced to far-flung locations across British Columbia, some 800 kilometers away.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 18, 2024

He stressed also that there is still little known about how animals, such as beaked whales and squid, use this ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

Gelifen couldn’t yet fly alongside her, so she tucked him into her jumper, his beaked face protruding from the blue wool at the top.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell