Migrating baleen whales transport high-latitude nutrients to tropical and subtropical ecosystems. Nature Communications, 16 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56123-2 ...

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According to local media, the whales were likely chasing mackerel, fish that have migrated north due to warming seas.

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by making clicking sounds, and then decoding the "echoic return signal ...

Prior to commercial whaling, baleen whales are thought to have consumed 430 million tons of Antarctic krill per year. This is roughly the size of today’s Antarctic krill population and more than ...

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors ...

Whereas humans breathe through their nose and mouth, whales have a blowhole on the top of their head—or two in the case of baleen whales. This is “like a nostril,” says Cunningham.

Baleen whales don’t have teeth, but they and dolphins share a common ancestor, and both rely on complex vocal communication in a dark underwater environment. While dolphins have evolved ...

It may sound unbelievable, but pods of orcas (Orcinus orca) hunt and prey on moose. Orcas, known as killer whales, are at the top of the food chain. ©Guillermo El Oso/Shutterstock.com ...

Whale hunting is a controversial practice that is still legal in Iceland (Boris Niehaus/Hard to Port ) British activist Elyssia Phillips and her Iranian friend Anahita Babaei face potential jail ...