However, almost all of the largest family by size, the baleen whales, are massive—and scientists have only recently ...
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 ...
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 ...
The largest dataset of cetacean genes ever collated has helped Flinders University scientists deep dive into the blue to ...
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 ...
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 ...