Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

"We often think of plants as the lungs of the planet. Animals are the circulatory system." Scientists make incredible breakthrough after studying whale urine: 'We soon realized that was only part of ...

A complete carcass of a fin whale was discovered off the coast of Yilan County, the first time the world’s second-largest marine mammal has been discovered in its entirety near Taiwan, the Taiwan ...

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 ...

“Baleen whales are ‘capital breeders,’ feeding for part of the year in high-latitude ... The nutrients often benefit coastal areas with low nitrogen and coral reef ecosystems. Fin whales in Iceland ...

Baleen whales are among the largest creatures ... Other songs, like those of blue and fin whales, are low-pitched (often below 100hz), loud and monotonous. The loud, low songs can travel long ...

Conducted over the course of six years, the study focused on three baleen species — humpback, fin and blue whales — located off the U.S. West Coast. Using submerged microphones, known as ...

They eat by rolling on their side while on the sea floor, swimming slowly, as they filter the food through their baleen plates, the NOAA said. March is the peak time for gray whales to migrate, and ...

as they filter the food through their baleen plates, the NOAA said. March is the peak time for gray whales to migrate, and throughout April, they will be replaced with humpback and fin whales ...