Animals
How Elite Diving Mammals Evolved Their Underwater Endurance
A novel study of electrical signals in proteins has allowed researchers to effectively map the evolution of sea mammals' ability go long periods of time without oxygen. Elite diving mammals, such as the sperm whale, are capable of surviving underwater without air for more than an hour because of myoglobin, the same oxygen-storing protein that gives meat its red color.
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