Whale watchers had an “incredible and unexpected sighting” off the coast of California. The viewers saw not just one, but two ...

Along with the blue whale, the fin whale and others, the humpback whales is a baleen or 'filer feeder'. Baleen whales have a filter-feeding system inside their mouths instead of teeth, which they ...

A mystery surrounding the beluga whale that captured global attention with rumors of espionage has finally been resolved. Known as “Hvaldimir,” the 14-foot-long 2,000 pound whale was found dead in ...

Two dead minke whales were discovered along the Jersey Shore this week, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center of Brigantine. A dead minke whale was found floating in the lower Raritan ...

XRP's price dropped over 20% earlier in the week. Increased whale activity with recent transfers of over 100 million XRP has triggered concerns among investors. Technical analysis shows XRP ...

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 ...

Gray whales and humpback whales are among 14 extant species of baleen whales. They are large whales with baleen plates that can sometimes be challenging to differentiate. It’s even more difficult ...

Minke whales are the second-smallest baleen whale species and typically live between 30 to 50 years. They generally feed on small fish such as herring, krill and sandeels. Though minke whales are ...

All cetaceans are split into 2 groups- toothed whales and baleen whales. Baleen whales, like the gigantic 100-foot Blue whale, use very fine keratin “teeth” to filter small crustaceans like ...

There are two families of whales. Mysticetes, which use baleen plates in their mouths to sieve planktonic creatures from the water, and Odontocetes, the toothed whales. Due to Howell’s many years of ...

MOSCOW, Oct 3 (Reuters) - A family of killer whales has again become stranded in a silted estuary in Russia's far east just hours after researchers helped the two adults and two calves into deeper ...