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

Baleen Whales Some of the largest animals on the planet have no teeth at all. Baleen whales– like blue whales and humpbacks– use special comb-like plates made of keratin to feed.

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. Blue whales don't have teeth - they use their baleen plates to capture their prey.

A medieval toilet and a jet die used to predict the future were some of the findings that could help build a picture of ...

How Orcas Work Together to Whip Up a Meal Cooperative hunting techniques provide a glimpse into the culture of killer whales.

An extraordinary discovery was made at the Valencina Copper Age mega-site in southwest Spain, which has captured the attention of a team of Spanish researchers—a rare sperm whale tooth uncovered ...

A Rare Whale Tooth Reveals a Copper-Age Community’s Connection to the Sea Learn how a sperm whale tooth traveled from sea to archaeological site over 4,000 years ago.

The team recovered protein fragments from teeth found at multiple sites across Turkana, ranging in age from 1.5 to 18 million ...

Many baleen whales travel thousands of kilometers from their summer foraging areas to winter grounds, including breeding and calving areas.

Archaeologists uncover 4,000-year-old sperm whale tooth in Spain, revealing its journey from sea to settlement.