New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years—almost twice as long ...

Baleen whales have a special structure in their mouth that enables them to filter feed. Instead of teeth, they have baleen plates that hang down from their upper jaw. These are made from keratin – the ...

Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to new research. The marine animals, a type of baleen whale found in the ...

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 ...

Right whales are shorter, rotund baleen whales compared with the slender bodies of rorquals. Due to their closer social lives, shorter migrations and more passive filter feeding, ...

Whales are not only the biggest animals on the planet, but they’re among the longest-lived, too. A new analysis reveals that right whales can live for more than 130 years, almost twice as long ...

You might not consider Florida a hot spot whale watching; however, you can see right whales during winter. ... North Atlantic right whales are one of the three species of large baleen whales.

Per the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, North Atlantic right whales are one of the three species of large baleen whales.They are described as having stocky black bodies with no ...

The North Atlantic right whale is highly endangered, its survival as a species in doubt. There are only about 370 of these dark, bulbous baleen whales remaining.

By the early 1890s, commercial whalers had hunted the whales to the brink of extinction for their oil and baleen. They called them the "right" whales to hunt because they were slow and floated ...

Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to new research. The marine animals, a type of baleen whale found in the ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ... The "fight" club includes right, bowhead, gray and humpback whales.