Baleen whales eat between 10 and 20 tons a day, a 2021 Nature report found. That’s the caloric equivalent of eating 70-80 thousand Big Macs per day, the researchers told NPR. Blue whales are ...

Each species has a favourite food. And no matter where they are or what they eat, whales are almost always on the hunt for a tasty meal. Blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived. These ...

Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences and NOAA-NMFS Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Spanning more octaves than a ...

Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins ...

Female blue whales feed heavily in the summer because they largely refrain from eating when nursing their young. Newborn blue whales are born measuring over 22 feet in length and weighing around 2 ...

Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which ...