{"id":107824,"date":"2024-12-12T15:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDate=2025-08-21#038;eventDate=2025-04-17#038;p=105434"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:13:36","slug":"science-cafe-how-to-grow-a-whale","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-cafe-how-to-grow-a-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Caf\u00e9: How to Grow a Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-112478\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4EDA6F4A-45D2-4199-900C-6A8124056CE5_1_105_c-1024x634.jpeg\" alt=\"Small whale with it's back arched and dorsal fin out of the water as it swim\" width=\"590\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4EDA6F4A-45D2-4199-900C-6A8124056CE5_1_105_c-1024x634.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4EDA6F4A-45D2-4199-900C-6A8124056CE5_1_105_c-300x186.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4EDA6F4A-45D2-4199-900C-6A8124056CE5_1_105_c-500x310.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4EDA6F4A-45D2-4199-900C-6A8124056CE5_1_105_c-768x475.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4EDA6F4A-45D2-4199-900C-6A8124056CE5_1_105_c.jpeg 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whales are expert divers, and scientists continue searching for the secrets behind their remarkable diving abilities. Whale behavior and anatomy are exquisitely adapted to long breath holds, but there\u2019s more to the puzzle. If you zoom in on their cells, numerous molecular adaptations distinguish whales from humans, many of which explain their resilience to low oxygen. Since medical innovation can come from the most unexpected places,\u00a0 could whales hold the key to novel human health solutions? Join us to get a look into the adventure of finding deep-diving whales and getting their cells from the ocean to the laboratory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us in-person in the Daily Planet Cafe or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/-iOx2-qmP9Q?feature=share\">watch the livestream on YouTube<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Our Guest Expert<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Jillian Wisse, postdoctoral researcher at Duke University<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wisse has studied dolphins in Australia, seals in Scotland, and whales in North Carolina, from shore to the open ocean. Her work investigates the remarkable adaptations of marine mammals to the challenges of ocean life and asks what we can learn from whales about human health. She grew up in Raleigh, received a B.S. in Biology from UNC-Chapel Hill (2011), and earned a PhD in Ecology from Duke University (2023).<\/p>\n<h2>About the Special Exhibition<\/h2>\n<p>Blue whales are BIG! How big are they? They can grow up to 110 feet long, weigh up to 400,000 pounds, and have a heart the size of a small car. Even their appetites are big: they can eat 16 tons of tiny krill every day. And their voices? Blue whale songs can travel 1,000 miles underwater.<\/p>\n<p>Dive into the details behind their mind-blowing biology and discover how these mammals became and remain our planet\u2019s largest animals\u00a0<em>ever<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Whales is open now through January 11. <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/exhibits\/special-exhibitions\/whales\">Learn more and buy tickets today!<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Grab a bite from the Daily Planet Caf\u00e9 and join host Chris Smith for our monthly Science Caf\u00e9. Gather with other curious minds at this after-hours event for an informal presentation and conversation about current science topics with guest experts. The Daily Planet Caf\u00e9 is open 5\u20138pm with a full menu during the Science Caf\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-iOx2-qmP9Q?si=CacoTalJmrD_GLPq\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whales are expert divers, and scientists continue searching for the secrets behind their remarkable diving abilities. Whale behavior and anatomy are exquisitely adapted to long breath holds, but there\u2019s more to the puzzle. If you zoom in on their cells, numerous molecular adaptations distinguish whales from humans, many of which explain their resilience to low&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-cafe-how-to-grow-a-whale\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,13,14,15,26,47],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/107824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/107824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107824"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=107824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}