Baleen whales shift huge amounts of nutrients, including nitrogen, from high-latitude feeding waters to tropical breeding ...

A study suggests that baleen whale urine serves a crucial role in marine ecosystems, stimulating phytoplankton growth and ...

Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery ...

Researchers have been tracking gray whale breeding patterns since 2006. Scientists sound alarm after witnessing distressing ...

Here we’ll discover exactly why baleen whales migrate and where they travel to. Baleen whales mainly feed on krill, plankton, and small fish. They feed by taking in great mouthfuls of water ...

Blue whales, which have baleen plates, feed by taking huge mouthfuls of water and food. They then push the water back out using their baleen plates as a strainer, keeping the food in their mouths.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) is making waves in the scientific community following the excavation of a ...

Delphinidae is the family that includes all oceanic dolphin species. Orcas, also known as killer whales, are the largest dolphins and some of the world’s most powerful predators. All dolphins are ...