Southern right whales are migratory baleen whales. Each year they visit the shallow coastal waters of Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa. Sheltered waters in these regions provide ...

Australia's population of Southern right whales has experienced substantial growth since the late 1970s when they began to recover from whaling, but a ...

You might not want to think too much about all the whales that have urinated in the ocean the next time you go to the beach, ...

While the study focuses on gray, humpback, and right whales, it’s likely that other large baleen whales also contribute to ...

Southern right whales are large migratory baleen whales that can be spotted off the Australian coastline in winter as they travel north. The whales come close to shore, which made them ideal ...

Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery ...

There are fourteen species of baleen whale – including blue, bowhead, right, fin, humpback, minke, and gray whales. Baleen whales are whales that have “baleen plates” instead of teeth.

Baleen whales shift huge amounts of nutrients, including nitrogen, from high-latitude feeding waters to tropical breeding ...

Bryde’s whales — pronounced “broodus” — are a member of the baleen family, which also includes gray whales and pygmy right whales, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Delphinidae is the family that includes all oceanic dolphin species. Orcas, also known as killer whales, are the largest dolphins and some of the world’s most powerful predators. All dolphins are ...

A team of paleontologists and volunteers from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) recently excavated the skull and other fossilized bones of a small baleen whale, estimated ... and ...

Southern right whales are migratory baleen whales. Each year they visit the shallow coastal waters of Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa. Sheltered waters in these regions ...