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Like the “Alien” franchise itself, they’re durable, adaptable to any environment and reproductively prolific.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

Among the North Atlantic right whales remaining, fewer than 70 are reproductively active females, researchers estimate.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Of the 360 right whales left in the ocean, only 70 are reproductively active females.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

"Our results suggest that male BSB-associated alleles are likely reproductively advantageous, which may explain their past persistence and predict their future maintenance," said U-M evolutionary biologist Jianzhi Zhang, the study's senior author.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

Others taken on 13 July, 9 August, and 15 August were reproductively inactive.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox