Blue whales are baleen whales. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they almost exclusively eat krill, which they strain out of huge water gulps through baleen plates.

Upwellings of cold deep currents, full of shrimp and krill create an ... the odds of seeing a whale or two have increased significantly. "I've never seen a blue whale in the wild out here my ...

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 ...

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 ...

creating bountiful swarms of plankton and krill. This abundance of food became an all-you-can-eat buffet for baleen whales, propelling their growth into unprecedented dimensions. Modern whales, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny crustaceans that make up the base of the ...

a major consumer of krill, are in recovery. Fin whales – the second largest baleen whale after the blue whale, had been hunted to near extinction. Now they are growing in number, returning to ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern ... may leave Antarctica’s whales, seals and penguins struggling to survive.

Humpback whales in Charlotte Bay exhibited a preference for larger krill, suggesting that they are selective foragers that optimize their feeding strategies based on prey characteristics[2].