Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

For too long, Humpback whales ... Plus, whales don’t tend to produce nutrient-rich poop during breeding season, but they do still urinate. Essentially, baleen whales transport nitrogen ...

Humpback whales have developed unique feeding techniques to help them meet their meal quotas. As baleen whales, they can ...

Published today in PLOS One, our new research reveals these baleen whale species ... While blue whales only eat krill, humpback whales eat krill and small schooling fish such as anchovy.

Conducted over the course of six years, the study focused on three baleen species — humpback, fin and blue whales — located off the U.S. West Coast. Using submerged microphones, known as ...

Some whales, such as humpback whales, are known for their ... are classified as "toothed whales" because they have teeth. Baleen whales, on the other hand, have large, comb-like "baleen plates ...

How did they survive? Let’s take a closer look! Humpback whales are a significant member of the Rorqual family, a group of baleen whales, but they are not the largest; the blue whale holds that ...