Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.
Today, a blue whale is 10 THOUSAND times more massive ... Ocean temperatures and currents shifted sparking concentrated swarms of plankton and plankton-seeking krill. It was an all-you-can-eat ...
The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and ... Whales are carnivores who feast on other animals like plankton, crustaceans, fish, squid, sea birds and even fellow whale species.
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...