Baleen is a flexible, keratin-based filtering system that allows whales to feed on massive amounts of tiny prey efficiently. Different baleen shapes and sizes reflect different feeding strategies, ...

Maxing out at around 200 tons, the blue whale is not only the largest animal on the planet, it is also the largest animal ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

Baleen whales are among the largest creatures in the ocean, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe from other animals. A pod of orcas can take a giant baleen whale down, and these filter-feeders are ...

Bowhead whales have the greatest life span of any mammal on Earth. They can reach over 200 years in age thanks in part to ...

Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the largest animal that’s ever existed on Earth—and that includes dinosaurs.