Bowheads have the longest baleen (filter-feeding system) of any baleen whale, up to 13 feet long. They use their baleen to filter plankton from the water ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

The team studied 144 days of diving records of 12 bowhead whales tagged in Disko Bay, West Greenland. Because whale diving ...

Twenty-five years ago, scientists working with Indigenous whale hunters in the Arctic showed that bowhead whales could live up to and even over 200 years. Their evidence included finding stone ...