Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
In 2021, researchers identified a new species of whale. Now, they are racing against time to save their natural habitat […] ...
There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...
Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they ...
New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...
Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself.
A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.
The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...