The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

The sighting of Eternity beyond Canada’s 200-mile limit was an exciting observation for Dr. Jack Lawson, a DFO research ...

Many animals thrive without teeth, adapting unique feeding strategies for survival. Turtles use sharp beaks to crush food, ...

Migrating baleen whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems. Nature Communications, 16 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56123-2 ...

The blue whale is the largest animal to have ever lived and has been known to reach a whopping 110 feet long. Baleen whales mainly feed on krill, plankton, and small fish.

A newborn blue whale can weigh as much as 8,800 pounds. These large marine mammals need to eat a lot of food to have enough energy to live. They eat krill, and they eat a lot of it.

Toothed whales, such as sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins and porpoises, catch and eat their food using a variety of different forms of teeth. Baleen whales include the bowhead whale, the humpback ...

Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins, sharks ...

Baleen whales have developed a stunning survival trick—singing at frequencies that their predators can’t hear! Scientists have discovered that these massive creatures use low-frequency ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales, which eat using a system in their mouths to filter their plankton diet from the water.

Some baleen whales, or whales that have plates in their mouths to help sieve out plankton, sing low-frequency songs to not only attract potential mates but also keep them safe from killer whale ...