The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century ...

whales use baleen to filter-feed. These baleen maintain a chemical record of how whales feed, allowing researchers to better understand how these giants respond to climate changes that affect their ...

Filter feeders in the animal kingdom showcase a variety of strategies to capture food from water, from the intricate structures of barnacles to the massive sieve-like mouths of baleen whales.

A pod of orcas can take a giant baleen whale down, and these filter-feeders are particularly vulnerable when they have calves. Baleen whales communicate with each other across the expanse of the ...

“For instance, humpback whales are filter feeders, meaning they have hundreds of plates of baleen in their mouth instead of teeth.” “But baleen whales do grow teeth in the womb. Those teeth will be re ...

Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny morsels of food as they swim. Right whales feed on zooplankton and other tiny organisms ...

These whales use their baleen plates to filter tiny animals — such as plankton ... while others chew their food. Some whales may hunt by opening their mouths wide and pushing out a lot of ...

Whales sing more when they have a proximity to food, according to a new study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Photo from Chinh le Duc, UnSplash Baleen whales sing more when there ...