Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial ...
via Wikimedia Commons Blue whales primarily eat tiny shrimp-like animals called krill. During feeding season, they can consume up to 4 tons of krill each day, using their baleen plates to filter them ...
rolling it into balls to eat or use as a breeding chamber for their larvae. Blue Whale: The largest animal on Earth feeds almost exclusively on tiny krill, consuming up to 4 tons of them daily by ...
Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube Flamingoes are fairly large birds with a curvy neck and long legs, and they’re ...
Curious to meet the largest animal known to our planet? Just close your eyes and think of the largest animal in the world; it’s easy to think of an elephant or even a Dinasour, but when you give it ...
Azerbaijan’s 2024 stamp program is finally done. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Azerbaijan’s stamps are sadly underrated. The artwork and history make it well worth looking at in depth.
Whale sharks typically gather around Ningaloo Reef every year from March through July to feast on the plankton and krill that ...
The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...
Linking trends in penguin abundance with trends in krill biomass explains why populations of Adelie and chinstrap penguins increased after competitors (fur seals, baleen whales and some fish ...
Footage of humpback whales captured by drones has revealed how the animals manoeuvre their whole bodies when they feed. As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale ...
with a previous Stanford study finding that whales fertilise the ocean through their droppings, providing nutrients for the phytoplankton that krill eat. A particularly distressing consequence of ...