A mama sea creature was seen swimming alongside her baby in Massachusetts and bystanders are calling it a “happy surprise.” On April 17, a North Atlantic right whale and her newborn baby were seen ...

A pair of Bryde’s whales were recently spotted off the coast of Thailand, delighting conservation officials. The large marine ...

A Jupiter resident captured video of a humpback whale breaching close to shore in Palm Beach County. Experts say while ...

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Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

Baleen whales are unique and breathtaking animals and are known for undertaking some of the longest migrations in the world.

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning, according to ...

A 16.5-million-year-old "unusually complete" baleen whale fossil was found off the Santa Barbara Coast. While discovering the ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

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Their diet primarily consists of krill, which they filter from immense quantities of seawater through their baleen plates. Some of the biggest individuals may eat up to 6 tons of krill in 1 day. Blue ...