They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating long distances between ...

They eat by rolling on their side while on the sea floor, swimming slowly, as they filter the food through their baleen plates, the NOAA said. March is the peak time for gray whales to migrate ...

Baleen whales are among the largest creatures in the ocean, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe from other animals. A pod of orcas can take a giant baleen whale down, and these filter-feeders are ...

Baleen whales, on the other hand, have large, comb-like "baleen plates" that are made from the same material as our fingernails. These whales use their baleen plates to filter tiny animals ...