Following government tourism guidelines, the tour boat Katanyou was travelling on turned off its engine when the whale appeared nearby. He had to steady his hands to capture this close-up composition ...

There are many more toothed whale species than baleen whale species — 77 species ... By listening for the echo of these clicks, the whales build a picture of their surroundings in ...

Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale nuzzles up to ... Essentially, baleen whales transport nitrogen and phosphorous from ...

A Spanish photographer has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year for his picture of a humpback whale and her newborn calf in French Polynesia. Alvaro Herrero beat more than 6,750 other ...

If you picture a megalodon ... while weighing as much as 94 tons—roughly as massive as a blue whale. For reference, the predominant megalodon theory puts them at 50-65 feet long and 53-115 ...

Whale’s volcanic poop offers up a treasure ... tells Popular Science. “Baleen whales are ‘capital breeders,’ feeding for part of the year in high-latitude productive areas, such as Alaska ...

Eavesdropping on baleen whale songs in the Pacific Ocean reveals year-to-year variations that track changes in the availability of the species they forage on, according to a new study ...