Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...

For the first time, scientists temporarily captured baleen whales and tested their hearing, a controversial step that brings researchers closer to understanding how some of the largest and most ...

A distressed whale beached at the Jersey Shore on Tuesday afternoon was euthanized after marine biologists determined it was in too poor of a condition to be returned to the water. The minke whale was ...

What appears to be a rare visit by a minke whale to the San Francisco Bay has become fraught with danger as the animal got stranded Tuesday on a shallow mudflat in Emeryville. Experts with the ...