A new study by Trevor Branch at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences shows that some species of baleen whales ...

A stunning video from Chile shows a humpback whale briefly scooping a kayaker into its mouth before releasing him unharmed.

Tasmania. Every year, around 2000 marine mammals die in mass strandings worldwide. But this is not always for natural reasons ...

Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...

Back to siphonophores we go. As it happens, the Portuguese man o’ war is far from unique, as there are around 175 species of ...

Baleen whales have developed a stunning survival trick—singing at frequencies that their predators can’t hear! Scientists have discovered that these massive creatures use low-frequency vocalizations ...

Kayaking isn't a risk-free activity, but the man who was in the mouth of a humpback whale while paddling on the Pacific Ocean was just in the wrong ...

Adrian Simancas was paddling off the coast of Punta Arenas in Patagonia on Saturday when the massive baleen whale surged out ...

Watch this clip of a kayaker getting swallowed by a humpback and spat out and then read about how it could happen.

Humpback whales feed by quickly lunging through a school of fish with their mouths wide open, then straining the water out through their baleen, the fringed plates they have inside their mouths ...

Some baleen whales, or whales that have plates in their mouths to help sieve out plankton, sing low-frequency songs to not only attract potential mates but also keep them safe from killer whale ...