The legislation would require NOAA to draw maps of current and future habitat for sperm whales and baleen whales. A bipartisan House bill introduced Wednesday would require NOAA Fisheries to conduct ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bright yellow vessel cut through the Morro Bay Harbor like a sunbeam on Monday morning as the captain consulted his radar for ...

Baleen is a flexible, keratin-based filtering system that allows whales to feed on massive amounts of tiny prey efficiently. Different baleen shapes and sizes reflect different feeding strategies, ...

For the first time, scientists temporarily captured baleen whales and tested their hearing, a controversial step that brings researchers closer to understanding how some of the largest and most ...

Scientists detected a unique whale call in the Pacific Ocean. Initially thought to be the loneliest whale, new research suggests this may not be the case. The whale's call is distinct but not ...

Each year, whales migrate to and from feeding and breeding grounds. Gray whales, North Atlantic right whales, and blue whales ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

A bright yellow vessel cut through the Morro Bay Harbor like a sunbeam on Monday morning as the captain consulted his radar for clusters of birds and sea lions — clues for finding humpback whales.