Baleen is a flexible, keratin-based filtering system that allows whales to feed on massive amounts of tiny prey efficiently. Different baleen shapes and sizes reflect different feeding strategies, ...
Southern right whales have distinctive white and gray patches of thickened skin on their heads known as callosities. Because ...
Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or for the fortunate, ...
A small international team of marine scientists has found that a drop in southern right whale populations who spend part of their lives off the coast of Argentina, is due to attacks on calves by kelp ...
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is looking to map a safer future for the endangered right whale and other species. Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui of California and five of her colleagues are ...
Entanglement is a top threat for all large baleen whales on Canada’s coasts, including humpbacks, minke, blue and fin whales.
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