A true titan of the ocean, the Blue Whale reigns as the largest and most powerful creature on Earth. With its immense size, ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers have discovered that baleen whales actually consume at least three times as much krill as originally estimated. Previously, prey consumption by the ...

Cetacea is a group of mammals that contains whales, dolphins and porpoises. It’s divided into two smaller groups – baleen whales, also known as mysticetes, and toothed whales, also known as ...

Scientists mapped dolphin and whale brains to uncover how echolocation works, revealing they may use sound more like touch ...

Most species of baleen whale travel between 1,800 and 3,000 miles each way. Southern populations of humpback whales leave their Antarctic feeding grounds in January every year and spend three ...

Many animals thrive without teeth, adapting unique feeding strategies for survival. Turtles use sharp beaks to crush food, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Some baleen whale species sing at frequencies below 100 hertz, making their calls undetectable to killer whales, which cannot hear such low frequencies. These ...

For the first time, scientists temporarily captured baleen whales and tested their hearing, a controversial step that brings researchers closer to understanding how some of the largest and most ...

Adding to this understanding, a new study may help explain a longstanding puzzle in science about how baleen whales can have such a high cell reproduction rate without succumbing to cancer – a ...

The capabilities of baleen to be manufactured were known in Elizabeth's time, for her Majesty possessed a whalebone riding-whip, which was reckoned an article of value. View Full Article in ...

A whale baleen specimen used by the Cincinnati Children’s Museum in a hands-on education program is missing and may have been ...