Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the largest animal that’s ever existed on Earth—and that includes dinosaurs.

As Earth shifts to climates not seen for several hundred thousand years, we may need to look at ancient environments for ...

Great white sharks' ancestors were attacking and eating whales in the North Sea five million years ago, reveals new research. Detailed analysis of two fossilized whale skulls dating back around five ...

Baleen is a flexible, keratin-based filtering system that allows whales to feed on massive amounts of tiny prey efficiently. Different baleen shapes and sizes reflect different feeding strategies, ...