However, almost all of the largest family by size, the baleen whales, are massive—and scientists have only recently ...

The secret to how baleen whales – the largest mammals to have ever lived – sing to each other underwater lies in their unique ...

The largest blue whale ever recorded measured a staggering 33 metres in length ... numbers at the same sites year after year to take advantage of seasonal fish spawning events and zooplankton blooms.

Bowheads have the longest baleen (filter-feeding system) of any baleen whale, up to 13 feet long. They use their baleen to filter plankton from the water ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...

Take the biggest of the bunch the blue whale ... It was an all-you-can-eat buffet for the baleen whales, who grew larger as a result. And the larger they became, the farther they could travel ...

These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny ...

A new immersive art installation highlights the effects humans have on ocean ecosystems, and whales in particular.

Whales are weird. The Cetacea clade contains the largest animal to ever live—the blue whale—as well as other gigantic baleen whales and a diverse array of toothed whales, including dolphins, porpoises ...

At the same time, populations of baleen whales, a major consumer of krill, are in recovery. Fin whales – the second largest baleen whale after the blue whale, had been hunted to near extinction.