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 ...

Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...