Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

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 the ...

A system called "SAvE Whales," developed in Greece and tested in the Greek seas, aims to minimize the threat of ship strikes ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...

Visitors can book a whale-watching boat trip to get up close. However, Bodega Head—part of Sonoma Coast State Park—is one of ...