Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

Research Reveals Whales Evolved in Three Rapid Phases, Their Ancestors Crawled Out of the Sea 400 Million Years Ago A recent research revealed a remarkable story of whale evolution—how these ...

Recent research has focused on various aspects of baleen whale evolution, including anatomical changes, feeding strategies, and the implications of fossil discoveries for understanding their origins.

From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.

Known as one of the smallest baleen whales, the pygmy right whale has a mysterious existence ... reminds us of the incredible diversity of life and the ongoing story of evolution that continues to ...

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 ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

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

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 blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

The team found that whale feces contained significant amounts of iron, meaning that whales fertilize the ocean as they feed and excrete waste.