are classified as "toothed whales" because they have teeth. Baleen whales, on the other hand, have large, comb-like "baleen ...

Today, whales are divided into two main groups: the baleen whales and the toothed whales. Baleen whales, such as humpbacks and blue whales, have fibrous 'baleen' plates that help them filter large ...

Delphinidae is the family that includes all oceanic dolphin species. Orcas, also known as killer whales, are the largest dolphins and some of the world’s most powerful predators. All dolphins are ...

Baleen whales shift huge amounts of nutrients, including nitrogen, from high-latitude feeding waters to tropical breeding ...

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 ...

Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico—and one of the most endangered whales in the world.