The 39-foot gray whale carcass was discovered floating off Marina del Rey on Saturday with most of its head missing.

Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project, told FTW Outdoors that Jean Huber and Christy Varni discovered the floating carcass at mid-morning less than a ...

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

The hunting technique of pack-ice killer whales has intrigued scientists for decades, and there is still so much unknown about the species. Each scientist on the expedition hopes to discover new ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on ...

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

Two Los Angeles County boaters on Saturday spotted a juvenile gray whale that had recently been killed by orcas and was missing most of its head. Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the ACS-LA ...

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

Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming ...

What stops killer whales from homing in on their calls and attacking them? New research from the University ... The “fight” club includes right, bowhead, gray and humpback whales.

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 ...