And, how to better dispose of used tennis balls; catch a never-before-seen sperm whale birth
| Friday, September 1, 2023 | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMORY KRISTOF, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | One part of the mission was secret. But what the undersea searchers found on this day 38 years ago was big news—the object of mystery for nearly seven decades.
Using new technology, they discovered, some 12,400 feet below the North Atlantic’s surface, the remains of the Titanic, the “unsinkable” luxury liner (above, the rusted bow of the ship).
But what brought them to the area in the first place? For more than two decades, they could not tell the full story. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY REBECCA HALE | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID GRUBER, CETI | | Awe-inspiring birth: The researchers were out on a routine observation of sperm whales off the Caribbean island of Dominica when they came upon a group of 11 all aligned in rows facing the same way, apparently trying to be quiet.
Then the head of a little whale emerged, and microphones picked up a sudden chorus of codas, or clicks, from the adult whales. The rare scene and sounds of the birth were captured with the use of drones and microphones—providing the first such scientific recording.
Astonished researchers watched with unabated excitement as the cetaceans took turns lifting the calf to the surface to breathe (as seen above).
"It was pretty awe-inspiring,” Nat Geo Explorer Shane Gero tells us. Find out what more this new data is likely to reveal about the species.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY YVES LANCEAU/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY | | | The most lethal fungi: After a dinner party in Australia, three people were found dead—and the suspected culprits were death cap mushrooms (one pictured above). Responsible for 90 percent of mushroom-related fatalities, these mushrooms reportedly smell and taste delicious, and are spreading across North America, although scientists don’t know why. Here’s what we know. | | | |
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