During lunge feeding, rorquals depress their lower jaw to fill the buccal pouch, which can produce a downward pitch on the body from a drag force below the center of mass. It is hypothesized that without flippers the raised upper jaw could produce a counteracting lift to trim the body. Upper jaws of the blue whale and humpback whale have triangular shapes that resemble delta wings. Such wings generate lift without stalling at...

The link between nature and human wellbeing is well established. However, few studies go beyond considering the visual and auditory underpinnings of this relationship, even though engaging with nature is a multisensory experience. While research linking smell to wellbeing exists, it focuses predominantly on smells as a source of nuisance/offence. Smells clearly have a prominent influence, but a significant knowledge gap remain...