There are fourteen species of baleen whale – including blue, bowhead, right, fin, humpback, minke, and gray whales. Baleen whales are whales that have “baleen plates” instead of teeth.

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ever existed and are found all over the world. Despite their size, baleen ...

Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ever existed and are found all over the world. Despite their size, baleen ...

A Jupiter resident captured video of a humpback whale breaching close to shore in Palm Beach County. Experts say while ...

Image via NOAA Fisheries (TBjornstad 11:22, 18 April 2007 (UTC)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In the times of today, blue whales stand as the largest known creatures on Earth. Their diet ...

It’s a whale of a discovery. Literally. A team of paleontologists and volunteers from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) recently excavated the skull and other fossilized bones of a ...

March 24, 2025 Minke whales, considered the smallest of the great, or baleen, whale family, can grow to more than 26 feet long and weigh as much as 14,000 pounds, according to NOAA. The whale in ...

based Whale and Dolphin Conservation. "They are pretty cosmopolitan in their diet." Still ... they eat by straining water through bristly baleen plates made of keratin that act like a sieve.