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, ...

Humpback whales mainly feed on krill and small schooling fish, often using highly coordinated feeding tactics. One of their most famous hunting methods is bubble-net feeding, where they corral prey ...

Every July, dozens of humpback whales surface simultaneously in Alaskan waters, mouths agape, executing a coordinated hunting ...

Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren't only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they're the largest animal that's ever existed on Earth—and that includes dinosaurs.