Antarctic krill swimming between the Southern Ocean's surface and seafloor depths, make a "surprisingly small" contribution ...

via Wikimedia Commons Blue whales, despite their massive size, are filter feeders that primarily consume krill, small shrimp-like crustaceans. These marine giants use their baleen plates to filter ...

Similar patterns of paternity have been documented in other humpback populations in the Pacific as well as in other baleen whale species, including North Atlantic right whales. In addition to ...

Most male humpback whales in a Pacific Ocean population do not have offspring — and bad singing might be to blame, new research reveals. Scientists recently conducted a paternity analysis of a ...

Enter an ice age, altering ocean temperatures and currents, creating bountiful swarms of plankton and krill. This abundance of food became an all-you-can-eat buffet for baleen whales, propelling their ...

Minke whales are the smallest baleen whale in North American waters and can reach lengths of up to 35 feet and weigh up to 20,000 pounds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...