A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on ...

Last week, a kayaker in Chile learned just how dangerous it is to get too close to feeding humpback whales during an outing ...

Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

Feb. 6, 2025 — New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear ... Feb. 6, 2025 — Scientists ...

This science-informed effort goes beyond protecting marine life -- ... Some Species of Baleen Whales Avoid Attracting Killer Whales by Singing Too Low to Be Heard Feb. 6, 2025 — New research ...

Whales, or cetaceans, are divided into two categories: baleen whales and toothed whales. As their name suggests, baleen whales (Mysticetes) do not have teeth. Instead, they have baleen, a bristle-like ...

In 2016, a Sei whale and a Baleen whale were found beached in the southern Malaysian state of Johor. Although it was not a conclusive cause for their deaths, plastic debris was found in their stomachs ...

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.