Boaters got “lucky enough” to spot a plethora of sea creatures off the coast of California, spotting multiple species in one ...

Baleen whales evolved bristly baleen plates instead of teeth, which filter or trap krill, plankton and small fish inside their mouths. The 14 baleen species include the rorqual family—slender, ...

Baleen whales are highly mobile and pelagic, so studying them is challenging. Senior co-author, Flinders University Associate Professor Luciana Möller, says cetaceans (whales, ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ever existed and are found all over the world. Despite their size ...

Baleen not only serves as a clever, efficient feeding mechanism, it’s also a vital source of knowledge. The collection we care for includes specimens of baleen from 12 of the 15 baleen whale species.

Because baleen whales — of which there are 16 species, including Humpback, Blue and Fin whales — are too large to study in captivity, biologists have had to infer their hearing ability from ...

The DOC is reminding people of the need for permits for possession of protected marine mammal parts after a buyer purchased ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen ...

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Baleen whales evolved bristly baleen plates instead of teeth, which filter or trap krill, plankton and small fish inside their mouths. The 14 baleen species include the rorqual family – slender, ...