The baleen whale baritones, on-the-other-hand, are often solitary creatures that stay in deep water, only coming together to mate. These whales flee when orcas attack.

The largest dataset of cetacean genes ever collated has helped Flinders University scientists deep dive ‘into the blue’ to fathom the ‘triumph’ of baleen whale evolution. The new study ...

Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at a staggering 31 meters (102 feet) and 190 tons (210 short tons).

Baleen whales sing more when there is an abundant supply of food, according to a new study. The study, published Feb. 26 in the journal PLOS One, indicates the marine giants’ vocalizations can ...

Baleen whales eat between 10 and 20 tons a day, a 2021 Nature report found. That’s the caloric equivalent of eating 70-80 thousand Big Macs per day, the researchers told NPR.

Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to new research. The marine animals, a type of baleen whale found in the ...

That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico—and one of the most endangered whales in the world. Scientists estimate that about 50 are left.

“We didn’t know how to age baleen whales until 1955, which was the very end of industrial whaling,” University of Alaska Fairbanks associate professor Greg Breed said in the news release.