However, almost all of the largest family by size, the baleen whales, are massive—and scientists have only recently ...
The largest dataset of cetacean genes ever collated has helped Flinders University scientists deep dive into the blue to ...
Some scientists and activists fiercely opposed the Minke Whale Hearing Project, arguing the whales could become stressed and potentially die during their brief stints in captivity. For the first ...
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 ...
Scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their haunting and complex songs. Humpbacks and other baleen whales have evolved a specialised "voice box" that ...
The observed species are classified as baleen whales, which have a large bristly whalebone at the front of their mouth to filter feed, instead of teeth. Lorinnah Hesper Whales were seen using ...
It's not exactly karaoke. These whale songs have been a source of fascination for decades. Professor Coen Elemans from the University of Southern Denmark is among a group of scientists who have ...
More information: Dorian S. Houser et al, Direct hearing measurements in a baleen whale suggest ultrasonic sensitivity, Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.ado7580 Journal information: Science ...
Brainwave testing of two young baleen whales has revealed they can hear higher frequency sounds than previously thought, forcing researchers to rethink how the ocean’s largest animals respond to ...
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 ...