Humpback whales are well known for providing stunning marine spectacles, from breaching out of the water to singing haunting and melodic songs. These ocean giants are part of a group of baleen ...

Most species of baleen whale travel between 1,800 and 3,000 miles each way. Southern populations of humpback whales leave their Antarctic feeding grounds in January every year and spend three ...

Humpback whale baleen was shorter and coarser than bowhead baleen, and captured fewer beads. Feeding styles. The findings reveal how the baleen of bowhead whales and humpbacks differs biomechanically.

Baleen whales, including today’s blue, humpback, and fin whales rely on sounds to live in their watery world.Their songs must be able travel far in the murky, dark ocean so that they can find ...

These whales use their baleen plates to filter tiny animals — such as plankton, krill and small fish — out of the water. Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback ...

How baleen whales, which include humpback whales, are able to sing underwater has eluded scientists since whale songs were first discovered more than 50 years ago.

The carcass of a male sub-adult humpback whale washed up at New Port Beach overnight on August 1, 2012, in Sydney, Australia. Scientists posit that the lack of availability of prey in the Southern ...

Scientists who long thought humpback whales preferred to remain solitary denizens of the deep will have to revisit their assumptions. Associations between baleen whales were thought to consist of ...