are classified as "toothed whales" because they have teeth. Baleen whales, on the other hand, have large, comb-like "baleen plates" that are made from the same material as our fingernails.

These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny ...

Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery ...

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 ...

Most species of baleen whale travel between 1,800 and 3,000 miles each way. Southern populations of humpback whales leave their Antarctic feeding grounds in January every year and spend three ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

“For instance, humpback whales are filter feeders, meaning they have hundreds of plates of baleen in their mouth instead of teeth.” “But baleen whales do grow teeth in the womb. Those teeth will be re ...