One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest dinosaurs to have ever roamed the planet. That's right: The biggest whale ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic.These are the longest-living mammals; some bowhead whales live for over 200 years. That's older than many countries ...

The bowhead whale is a baleen whale, known for its massive head that makes up about one-third of its body length. Bowhead whales are large, reaching up to 60 feet (18.3 meters) in length and ...

See All Key Ideas Groundbreaking research in the late 1990s showed that Arctic-dwelling bowhead whales could live more than 150 or even 200 years — longer than any other mammal. New research ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some bowhead whales live for over 200 years. That's older than many countries' ...

Addison Shea's research project involving Bowhead whales earns place in weeklong STEM competition for more than $1.8 million ...

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 ...

Tagging a bowhead whale. (Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Whales enjoy long-distance relationships - synchronizing their dives with pals 60 miles away, suggests new research.