Baleen is a flexible, keratin-based filtering system that allows whales to feed on massive amounts of tiny prey efficiently. Different baleen shapes and sizes reflect different feeding strategies, ...

Find out how right whales got their name. Dive into an ocean of information about this rarest of all large whales.

Usually there's safety in numbers, but it doesn't always work that way. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) filter-feed on immense shoals of krill, engulfing colossal mouthfuls of water containing up ...

Usually there’s safety in numbers, but it doesn’t always work that way. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) filter-feed on immense shoals of krill, engulfing colossal mouthfuls of water containing up ...

Whales are being drawn to “feeding frenzies” within the Arctic Circle by warming waters, reveals new research. Baleen whales are taking advantage of a newly opened-up fish “bonanza” in the Greenland ...

Omura's whale has eluded researchers since its discovery, and even basic behaviors like feeding have remained a mystery. A chance encounter off a remote Indonesian island and one well-timed drone ...

For years, scientists studying bowhead whales have relied on a simple idea: if a whale makes a long, square or U-shaped dive, it's feeding time. A new study demonstrates that assumption may not hold ...