Groundbreaking research in the late 1990s showed that Arctic-dwelling bowhead whales ... yet North Atlantic right whales’ lives are cut short due to threats they face in Canadian and U.S ...

Bowheads have the longest baleen (filter-feeding system) of any baleen whale, up to 13 feet long. They use their baleen to filter plankton from the water ...

More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales face predatory attacks from killer ... The "fight" club includes right, bowhead, gray and humpback whales. The research was published Jan. 31 ...

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.