Baleen whales eat between 10 and 20 tons a day, a 2021 Nature report found. That’s the caloric equivalent of eating 70-80 thousand Big Macs per day, the researchers told NPR. Blue whales are ...
A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.
A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...
There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...
New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...
Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.
Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...