Florida softshell turtles are dangerous to handle and should be left alone. Harassing them risks injury from their sharp ...

There is something magical about getting up close and personal with animals in their own habitats. When we started planning ...

A group of sea creatures were seen migrating with some friends in California, a marine life tour agency said. Onlookers got a ...

"For example, the baleen plates of whales can be taken from dead animals, and the chemical signatures will tell you something about the environmental conditions or what the animal was eating." As a ...

As baleen whales, they can expand their throats like large balloons, allowing them to engulf a lot of water at a time. They then use hundreds of baleen plates to filter the water out, trapping krill ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Baleen whales don’t have teeth. They use baleen plates to filter food like plankton and krill from the water. Did you know Octopus doesn’t have a teeth? It has a sharp beak, similar to a parrot’s, to ...

Whales sing more when they have a proximity to food, according to a new study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Photo from Chinh le Duc, UnSplash Baleen whales sing more when there ...

Baleen whales sing more when there is an abundant supply of food, according to a new study. The study, published Feb. 26 in the journal PLOS One, indicates the marine giants’ vocalizations can ...