The whale feeds its enormous bulk by sifting out tons of tiny crustaceans from the ocean every day. More studies of whales and what they feed on may help solve the human food problem By Willis E ...

The data revealed that whale sharks tend to follow paths that connect key feeding grounds, with seamounts and industrial ...

Whale sharks use underwater features and oil platforms as migratory stepping stones, affecting conservation efforts.

The West Australian study looked at satellite data from 78 tracked whale sharks over the past 14 years at Ningaloo Reef and ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world, growing as much as 40 feet or more in length. Despite their size, they are incredibly docile and only feed on plankton ...

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 ...

many whales feed on some of the smallest marine life. Baleen whales, for example, sieve tiny krill and plankton through their baleen plates, consuming up to 4,000 pounds of these tiny creatures ...

The Galapagos Islands are home to many species of shark, including the largest shark, the whale shark. Whale sharks are ...

Just hours after attaching a tracking device to a rare basking shark off Ireland’s coast in April, scientists recorded what ...

To catch prey, humpback whales normally lunge at schools of fish and plankton. The survey was carried ... around the fishing boats so they could feed with ease,” Iwata said.

They may not look as impressive as whales or sharks, but they are responsible for much of the food that we eat and even the air that we breathe. Plankton include lots of different kinds of living ...