Imagine a world where enormous beasts clash beneath the waves, locked in a struggle for survival. Picture a creature as long ...

Unlike humans and other mammals, baleen whales don't have teeth or vocal chords ... But Reidenberg, who works for the Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology at the Icahn School of Medicine ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius ...

The millions-year-old specimen discovered by a fossil enthusiast on the Gaviota Coast may be a never-before-found genus or ...

"Wherever the food is, is where the whales are going to be." Minke whales are members of the baleen family. They are the smallest baleen whales in North American waters, reaching lengths of up to ...

Today, whales are divided into two main groups: the baleen whales and the toothed whales. Baleen whales, such as humpbacks and blue whales, have fibrous 'baleen' plates that help them filter large ...

The whale, which is male, was then found dead April 3. Minke whales are considered the smallest of the great, or baleen, whale family, and can grow to more than 26 feet long and weigh as much as ...