Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni), they are even considered the least known of all the large baleen whale species. Now, ...

The scientists also discovered signs of orca tooth rake marks on the dorsal fin of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). While there are no observations of orcas hunting fin whales, orcas are known ...

Mar. 20, 2024 — The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 meters in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to face the rising challenges ...

A beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation that it was a Russian spy, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of a bacterial ...

such as blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus). Without light and wind, deep-sea processes were historically thought to remain static throughout the year. However, biological connections link the ...

When it struck the shore and deflated, I knew: it was a dead whale. But it wasn't just any whale. It was Fran. "I knew this whale, and I'm like, Ohhhhh. It just hit my heart, because Fran ...

Baleen whales come to feast on the bounty, and in 2010, two bowhead whales entered the bay to gorge. As the pair came within 100 kilometers of each other, they were visually out of range ...

Once nearly hunted to extinction, Pacific gray whales in Mexico's Laguna San Ignacio now seem to be as curious about us as we are about them. "Here she comes again!" our guide, José Sanchez ...

Researchers have long suspected that bowhead whales keep in touch from far away. New evidence of synchronized diving between two whales 100 kilometers apart supports the theory. By Joanna Thompson ...

Sightings from citizen scientists and others suggest the Bryde’s whale may be present in east coast Australian waters ...