Whales return to the warmth of western Greenland, amongst them are narwhals.

鲸类纷纷回到温暖的西格陵兰海岸。其中的一种是角鲸。

And it was only one of many species of carnivorous whales in the middle Miocene.

而且，它只是中新世中期众多食肉鲸类中的一种。

It is China's only large whale found in coastal waters.

自此，它们成为了我国唯一一种活动于近岸的大型鲸类。

Those vertical lines entangle and kill endangered sea turtles and multiple whale species-including the North Atlantic right whales.

这些竖绳缠住并杀死濒临灭绝的海龟北大西洋露脊鲸在内的多种鲸类。

Rolland and her team studied baleen, a substance found in the upper part of the mouth of some kinds of whale.

罗兰团队研究了鲸须，一种位于某些鲸类嘴巴上部的物质。

And orcas are just part of Brian's multi-year whale project.

而虎鲸只是布恩多年鲸类项目的一部分。

I think the damage to whale populations has contributed to growing environmental consciousness.

我认为鲸类种群受到的损害有助于增强人们的环保意识。

There are lots of different species of whales.

鲸类有许多不同的种类。

The biting sperm whale of Japan is found in deposits that also have dolphins, other whale, very primitive sea lion like animals.

在日本发现的噬抹香鲸所处的沉积层还有海豚、其它鲸类、非常原始的类似海狮的动物。

Several species, including the humpback and blue whales, can travel for over a thousand miles without feeding.

座头鲸蓝鲸在内的几种鲸类，能够在不进食的情况下游行超过一千英里。

However, the discovery of certain fossils provided crucial evidence that pointed toward the whale's evolutionary past.

然而，某些化石的发现提供了指向鲸类进化历史的重要证据。

The skeletons of early whales revealed a fascinating transformation.

早期鲸类的骨骼揭示了一种令人着迷的转变。

Some  of the first mammals to live underwater were likely the ancestors of modern cetaceans, like  whales and dolphins.

一些最早在水下生活的哺乳动物可能是现代鲸类的祖先，如鲸鱼海豚。

The tale of whale evolution is a story about one of the most remarkable transitions in the history of mammals.

鲸类进化的传说是一部关于哺乳动物历史上最令人惊叹的转变之一的故事。

Did erudite Stubb, mounted upon your capstan, deliver lectures on the anatomy of the Cetacea; and by help of the windlass, hold up a specimen rib for exhibition?

是那个博学的斯塔布，高踞于绞盘顶上，向你发布过有关鲸类解剖学的演讲吗；还是在绞盘的帮助下，吊起过作为样本的肋骨供你观看？

If you look on this page we've got a number of pictures, we've got a number of pictures of cetaceans, so a bunch of whales.

如果你看这个页面， 我们有很多图片，有很多鲸类的图片，也就是一堆鲸。

There is a Leviathanic Museum, they tell me, in Hull, England, one of the whaling ports of that country, where they have some fine specimens of fin-backs and other whales.

他们告诉我，在英国的捕鲸港口赫尔，有一家鲸鱼博物馆，那里有几头非常棒的脊鳍鲸其他鲸类的标本。

This wolf-like creature, which is believed to have lived around 50 million years ago, is thought to be one of the earliest ancestors of the modern whale.

这种类似狼的生物被认为生活在大约5000万年前，被认为是现代鲸类的最早祖先之一。

And, the paleontological evidence, the fossil evidence and evidence from looking at the DNA of living whales and other animals now really strongly points to whales being very closely related to hoofed mammals.

古生物学证据、化石证据以及对现代鲸类其它动物DNA的研究结果现在真的有力地指向鲸类与有蹄类动物的亲缘关系非常接近。

And the key to that rapid spread, Owen says, might be a newly studied hub of cetacean musical exchange: the uninhabited Kermadec Islands, north of New Zealand, where whales from all over the South Pacific converge en route to Antarctica.

欧文表示，迅速传播的关键，可能是人们最近研究的一个鲸类音交流中心：新西兰以北无人居住的克马德克群岛，南太平洋各地的鲸鱼在前往南极的途中都会聚集在那里。