Whale (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Whale" in Simple English language version.

Last modified: 13:47:05, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Ref.Un. Ref.Website

Global rank Simple English rank

88web.archive.org

1^st place

22archive.org

6^th place

3^rd place

22doi.org

2^nd place

22nih.gov

5^th place

11physorg.com

8,229^th place

2,544^th place

11sciencedaily.com

1,390^th place

539^th place

11bbc.co.uk

11^th place

9^th place

11webcitation.org

25^th place

19^th place

11eurekalert.org

3,950^th place

778^th place

11worldcat.org

4^th place

6^th place

11howstuffworks.com

1,354^th place

397^th place

11sararegistry.gc.ca

low place

11nytimes.com

7^th place

8^th place

11elsevier.com

365^th place

362^nd place

11books.google.com

3^rd place

4^th place

11semanticscholar.org

15^th place

11^th place

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

Buskey, Theresa (1996). Alan Christopherson, M.S. (ed.). History and Geography. L.I.F.E.P.A.C. Alpha Omega Publications, Inc. ISBN 978-1-58095-156-2. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
Dawkins, Richard (2004). The Ancestor's Tale: a pilgrimage to the dawn of life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0-618-00583-8.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; Simple English: 9^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"How whales learned to swim". BBC News. 8 May 2002. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2006.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; Simple English: 4^th place)

Whitehead, Hal (2003), Sperm whales: social evolution in the ocean, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 181, ISBN 0226895173, archived from the original on 5 July 2021, retrieved 24 February 2022

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; Simple English: 2^nd place)

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk; Piero Calosi; François Brischoux; John I. Spicer; Theodore Garland; David T. Bilton (27 May 2020). "Universal metabolic constraints shape the evolutionary ecology of diving in animals". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287 (1927). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0488. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 7287373. PMID 32453989.
Weinrich, Mason T.; Schilling, Mark R.; Belt, Cynthia R. (December 1992), "Evidence for acquisition of a novel feeding behaviour: lobtail feeding in humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae", Animal Behaviour, 44 (6): 1059–1072, doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80318-5, S2CID 53270820

elsevier.com (Global: 365^th place; Simple English: 362^nd place)

Hooker, Sascha K. (2009). Perrin, William F.; Wursig, Bernd; Thewissen, J.G.M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2nd ed.). Academic Press. p. 1174. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2011.

eurekalert.org (Global: 3,950^th place; Simple English: 778^th place)

University of Plymouth (26 May 2020). "Scientists reveal new fundamental principles governing diving in animals" (Press release). Eurekalert.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

howstuffworks.com (Global: 1,354^th place; Simple English: 397^th place)

animals.howstuffworks.com

Anon (24 May 2001). "Do whales and dolphins sleep?". How Stuff Works. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; Simple English: 5^th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk; Piero Calosi; François Brischoux; John I. Spicer; Theodore Garland; David T. Bilton (27 May 2020). "Universal metabolic constraints shape the evolutionary ecology of diving in animals". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287 (1927). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0488. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 7287373. PMID 32453989.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk; Piero Calosi; François Brischoux; John I. Spicer; Theodore Garland; David T. Bilton (27 May 2020). "Universal metabolic constraints shape the evolutionary ecology of diving in animals". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287 (1927). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0488. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 7287373. PMID 32453989.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; Simple English: 8^th place)

Siebert, Charles (8 July 2009). "Watching whales watching us". New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

physorg.com (Global: 8,229^th place; Simple English: 2,544^th place)

Anon (25 January 2005). "Scientists find missing link between the whale and its closest relative, the hippo". PhysOrg.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

sararegistry.gc.ca (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

"Blue Whale assessment and status report" (PDF). Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2011.

sciencedaily.com (Global: 1,390^th place; Simple English: 539^th place)

Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy. "Whales descended from tiny deer-like ancestors". ScienceDaily. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2007.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; Simple English: 11^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Weinrich, Mason T.; Schilling, Mark R.; Belt, Cynthia R. (December 1992), "Evidence for acquisition of a novel feeding behaviour: lobtail feeding in humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae", Animal Behaviour, 44 (6): 1059–1072, doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80318-5, S2CID 53270820

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

Anon (25 January 2005). "Scientists find missing link between the whale and its closest relative, the hippo". PhysOrg.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy. "Whales descended from tiny deer-like ancestors". ScienceDaily. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
University of Plymouth (26 May 2020). "Scientists reveal new fundamental principles governing diving in animals" (Press release). Eurekalert.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
Anon (24 May 2001). "Do whales and dolphins sleep?". How Stuff Works. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
"Blue Whale assessment and status report" (PDF). Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
Siebert, Charles (8 July 2009). "Watching whales watching us". New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
Hooker, Sascha K. (2009). Perrin, William F.; Wursig, Bernd; Thewissen, J.G.M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2nd ed.). Academic Press. p. 1174. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
Whitehead, Hal (2003), Sperm whales: social evolution in the ocean, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 181, ISBN 0226895173, archived from the original on 5 July 2021, retrieved 24 February 2022

webcitation.org (Global: 25^th place; Simple English: 19^th place)

"How whales learned to swim". BBC News. 8 May 2002. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2006.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; Simple English: 6^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk; Piero Calosi; François Brischoux; John I. Spicer; Theodore Garland; David T. Bilton (27 May 2020). "Universal metabolic constraints shape the evolutionary ecology of diving in animals". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287 (1927). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0488. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 7287373. PMID 32453989.

Whale (Simple English Wikipedia)

archive.org (Global: 6th place; Simple English: 3rd place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11th place; Simple English: 9th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; Simple English: 4th place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; Simple English: 2nd place)

elsevier.com (Global: 365th place; Simple English: 362nd place)

eurekalert.org (Global: 3,950th place; Simple English: 778th place)

howstuffworks.com (Global: 1,354th place; Simple English: 397th place)