Discover 10 lesser-known facts about the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. Learn about its diet, communication, ...

The Minute to Read (Weekend) series provides a quick overview of significant events in Korea from the week, conveniently ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary ...

Supplementary Audio 1 | Audio associated to the series of stereotyped North Atlantic blue whale calls and down-sweeps represented on Figure 2D at 76.6 km, sped up 3.5 times. Supplementary Audio 2 | ...

Visitors can book a whale-watching boat trip to get up close. However, Bodega Head—part of Sonoma Coast State Park—is one of ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...