Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

“For minke whales, I don’t think there are a lot of details on how they use sound day-to-day,” Parks said, adding that there ...

Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny morsels of food as they swim. Right whales feed on zooplankton and other tiny organisms ...

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 ...

Baleen whales communicate with each other across the expanse of the ocean by singing. Some songs — like those of gray whales and humpbacks — are elaborate and higher-pitched. These songs are within ...

26 in the journal PLOS One, indicates the marine giants’ vocalizations can be used to measure their health — and the health of underwater ecosystems more broadly. “Analyzing baleen whale ...