Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales face ...

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 new study by Trevor Branch at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences shows that some species of baleen whales ...

There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as krill to support a body of up to 100 feet (30 meters) long. Blue whales and ...

Some baleen whales, or whales that have plates in their mouths to help sieve out plankton, sing low-frequency songs to not only attract potential mates but also keep them safe from killer whale ...

Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

Adrián began to think about how he might survive inside the humpback whale, ‘like Pinocchio’, when the whale spat him out, he told BBC.