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Whales off the coast of New England are using a unique hunting technique—and, a new study says, it has become part of their culture that they learn from each other.
A new study in Science magazines claims that whales in the Gulf of Maine have learned a novel feeding behavior from each other through a form of cultural transmission. Study author Luke Rendell, lecturer in biology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, tells host Steve Curwood about the emergence of and reason for this behavior.