Sharks seen hunting and killing a whale for the first time
16 December 2015
They usually eat fish, but a group of dusky sharks have been seen ganging up on a baby humpback whale, suggesting attacks may be more common than we thought
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Found 54 results for baleen whale
Ancient 'shrimp' was the blue whale of the Cambrian
26 March 2014
A 70-centimetre-long creature resembling a shrimp was the first animal to swim around filtering food from the water, just like modern baleen whales
Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales
18 April 2013
When Antarctica froze over it transformed the ecosystems in the surrounding oceans, and may even have driven the evolution of baleen whales
Zoologger: World's biggest mouth has an erectile secret
8 March 2013
There is a surprise lurking on the roof of the cavernous mouth of the bowhead whale
Software simulator tracks undersea noise pollution
8 June 2011
Maps based on predictions of underwater noise pollution could give whales much-needed peace and quiet
Blue whale feeding methods are ultra-efficient
9 December 2010
The largest animal that has ever lived may also be the most efficient, as its method of filter-feeding takes in 90 times as much energy as it uses up
Tune in to the live whale song network
8 October 2010
A new website lets you listen live to a network of underwater listening stations around Europe and Canada
How does a bowhead whale smell? Quite well, actually
22 July 2010
Bowhead whale brains have a fully developed olfactory system, questioning assumptions that the largest animals on Earth have a lousy sense of smell
60 Seconds
7 July 2010
Nuke smugglers in the US, Dutch criticism of the IPCC, depression and dementia, and more
Right whales yell over the ocean din
6 July 2010
To cope with the blitzing level of noise in today's oceans, North Atlantic right whales are learning to shout
