But instead of remaining underwater afterward to filter through its baleen, it surfaced and began opening and closing its mouth. After the whale went back underwater, photographs and videos were ...

However, unlike other baleen whales, right whales are skimmers, feeding by continuously filtering food through their baleen while moving, mouth open, through patches of plankton. THREATS: With ...

“For instance, humpback whales are filter feeders, meaning they have hundreds of plates of baleen in their mouth instead of teeth.” “But baleen whales do grow teeth in the womb. Those teeth will be re ...

Whales sing more when they have a proximity to food, according to a new study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Photo from Chinh le Duc, UnSplash Baleen whales sing more when there ...

As baleen whales, they can expand their throats like ... surfacing with its mouth wide open to collect water and food. The kayakers, unfortunately, found themselves within the whale’s feeding ...

The young man, Adrián Simancas, was in an inflatable kayak when the whale surfaces, his mouth open, and both the young ... they can filter through their baleen. The reason that the boy was ...

Today, the National Museum of Natural History displays a piece of the stranded whale’s baleen—the bristle-lined mouth plates they use to capture food. It also exhibits its likely cause of ...

Baleen whales are among the largest creatures in the ocean, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe from other animals. A pod of orcas can take a giant baleen whale down, and these filter-feeders ...