New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...

They’re as large as many whales and they don’t feed like most sharks, but instead like humpback and other baleen whales. They ...

These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale ... [+] seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale species that inhabits waters off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. During the summer, these whales migrate north to ...

In 2014, scientists first heard a unique sound coming from the waters around the Mariana Trench. Experts weren't sure what it was, but now a team of researchers led by Oregon State University have ...

They are baleen whales and filter feeders that feed on zooplankton. They have been slowly swimming south along the Eastern Seaboard since first being spotted off South Carolina on Nov. 24 ...

North Atlantic right whales are one of the three species of large baleen whales. They are described as having stocky black bodies with no dorsal fins, and their blow spouts are shaped like a “V.” ...

It's not exactly karaoke. These whale songs have been a source of fascination for decades. Professor Coen Elemans from the University of Southern Denmark is among a group of scientists who have ...