Elemans and his team extracted the larynxes of three recently deceased baleen whales: a sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis), a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and a northern minke whale ...

"They are amongst the biggest animals, they're smart and they're highly social." Humpback whale song Baleen whales are a group of 14 species, including the blue, humpback, right, minke and gray whale.

The 14 baleen species include the rorqual family—slender, streamlined baleen whales such as fin, sei, humpback and the ...

Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring. Further, males who sired at ...

New research published today in the journal Nature finds that gigantic baleen whales—such as blue, fin and humpback whales—eat an average of three times more food each year than scientists ...

These things can tell us about the evolutionary history of whales. 'For instance, humpback whales are filter feeders, meaning they have hundreds of plates of baleen in their mouth instead of teeth.

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

According to tourist whale-watching websites in New York, humpback whales are typically visible between May and December. Baleen whales—most of the whales in New York waters—also often come.

They are baleen whales and filter feeders that feed ... More whales spotted in Florida: Amazing video of humpback whale breaching off of Palm Beach County's coast Jupiter resident Mike Lee was ...

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 ...

Humpback whales, which can weigh up to 40 tons and ... which are shrimp-like crustaceans they eat by straining water through bristly baleen plates made of keratin that act like a sieve.