Prior to this instance, the “tongue-nibbling” had only been observed a handful of times in captivity. First seen in captive ...

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

The largest blue whale ever recorded weighed over 199 tons. Even average-sized blue whales are massive, weighing around 350,000 pounds. That’s about the same as 30 adult male African elephants.

Gray whales travel from the Arctic to Mexico each year. And they're not finding enough to eat, scientists say.

Climate Lab Environment Local News Science Melting Arctic sea ice spurs gray whale die-off along West Coast April 21, 2025 at 6:00 am Updated April 21, 2025 at 6:00 am By Lynda V. Mapes ...

The blue whale is the largest animal to have ever lived and has been known to reach a whopping 110 feet long. Baleen whales mainly feed on krill, plankton, and small fish.

Instead, they have baleen, which they use to help them filter krill, plankton, and other tiny creatures from the ocean water. Blue whales swim up to krill and open their large mouths around them.

Instead, they have baleen, which they use to help them filter krill, plankton, and other tiny creatures from the ocean water. Blue whales swim up to krill and open their large mouths around them. They ...

The bowhead whale, for example, often swims along with its mouth open on the surface of the ocean, allowing the water to flow through its baleen plates while trapping prey inside. This species has the ...

There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including blue whales, humpback whales, and grey whales. Instead of having teeth, these ...

Humpback whales feed by quickly lunging through a school of fish with their mouths wide open, then straining the water out through their baleen, the fringed plates they have inside their mouths ...

Pirotta said baleen whales such as humpbacks open their jaws very wide to scoop up as much fish and krill as possible and then expel the water through the fibrous plates they have instead of teeth.