This suggests convergent evolution toward gigantism occurred multiple times in whale evolution, driven by similar ecological pressures. The fossil also displays several anatomical features that differ ...

Researchers have unearthed the fossilized jawbone of an ancient whale species that appears to have been significantly larger than today's blue whales Ga naar inhoud Zoek Zoeken: Zoeken sluiten × ...

As their name suggests, baleen whales (Mysticetes) do not have teeth. Instead, they have baleen, a bristle-like substance composed of keratin. This helps them filter krill and other animals from the ...

ALAMEDA — A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. The whale marks the fourth ...

WITH RESEARCHERS WHO ARE LOOKING INTO THIS TREND. FOUR OF THE FIVE WHALES FOUND IN THE LAST MONTH ARE GRAY WHALES. AND RIGHT NOW, WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR MIGRATION FROM MEXICO, WHERE THEY ...

Another dead whale was discovered in the waters of the San Francisco Bay, the fifth creature found in the area in less than a month, officials said. The female gray whale drifted overnight on ...

The gray whale has the longest recorded migration, not just of a whale, but of any animal in the world. Gray whales have been recorded as traveling an incredible 14,000 miles from the Sea of ...

April 24 marks North Atlantic right whale day in Massachusetts, a day to raise awareness of one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world that visits the Bay State's coast every spring.

A Jupiter resident captured video of a humpback whale breaching close to shore in Palm Beach County. Experts say while humpbacks are common in South Florida during winter, this whale's proximity ...