Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they ...

Pirotta said baleen whales such as humpbacks open their jaws very wide to scoop up as much fish and krill as possible and then expel the water through the fibrous plates they have instead of teeth.

“Based on my knowledge and the anatomy, it would be slimy, wet and rough, and like rubbing up against a witch’s broom because that’s kind of what their baleen plates feel like,” she sai ...

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

Most baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti), such as blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus ... Instead of teeth, these whales use baleen plates to filter-feed on small prey like krill, plankton, and ...

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest ...

Humpbacks are part of a group of toothless whales, known as baleen whales, that feed by taking in huge mouthfuls of water and then pushing it out through comb-like baleen plates ... after the blue ...

He told local news outlet TVN: "I saw something blue and ... through the baleen plates in their mouths which are in place of teeth. Anything too large that enters the whale's mouth will be spat ...