Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...
New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...
These deep singers in the “flight” club include blue, fin, sei, Bryde’s and minke whales. Meanwhile, their higher-frequency singing brethren that fight back when attacked also tend to be ...