An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal’s death ...

This diversification resulted in a minimum of 89 main species, divided into two main suborders: 74 belonging to Odontoceti ...

Humpback whale song Baleen whales are a group of 14 species, including the blue, humpback, right, minke and gray whale. Instead of teeth, the animals have plates of what is called baleen ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a ...

and Mysticeti (which have baleen plates instead). A whale's diet depends on its suborder. But not all whales within each group eat exactly the same thing. Each species has a favourite food. And no ...

Killer whales off Canada's Atlantic coast continue to be contaminated with dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals that ...

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks ...

The observed species are classified as baleen whales, which have a large bristly whalebone at the front of their mouth to filter feed, instead of teeth. Lorinnah Hesper Whales were seen using ...

It's not exactly karaoke. These whale songs have been a source of fascination for decades. Professor Coen Elemans from the University of Southern Denmark is among a group of scientists who have ...