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The whales are leaving feeding grounds 6 weeks later than they did in 2008 as a result of climate change. ... Do you have a question about bowhead whales? Let us know via [email protected].

SCIENCE Only big whales can lunge-feed successfully, according to a study on minke whales, the ocean’s smallest giant Minke whales have the smallest possible body size to lunge feed successfully ...

Bowhead whales depend on sea ice for feeding and protection, and their presence in warmer waters could be a sign of habitat disruption. Watch now: Giant snails invading New York City?

Bowhead whales migrate from their usual overwintering spot in the Bering Sea, north through the Bering Strait, to summer feeding grounds in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Recently, they’ve begun ...

Researchers used more than a decade of acoustic data to monitor bowhead whales' movements between their usual overwintering grounds in the Bering Sea and summer feeding grounds in the Chukchi and ...

Toothed whales, such as sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins and porpoises, catch and eat their food using a variety of different forms of teeth. Baleen whales include the bowhead whale, the humpback ...

The population of bowhead whales that migrates between the Bering and Beaufort Seas each year is a conservation success story, with today’s population nearing — if not exceeding — pre-commercial ...

The Aaluk Crew landed Utqiaġvik's first bowhead whale of the spring season last week. It was also 17-year-old striker Donald "Button" Adams' first catch.

Some other baleen whales feed differently than the rorquals. The right and bowhead whales are "ram filter-feeders," slowly swimming through prey-laden water with their mouths open.

The blue, fin, bowhead, gray, humpback, right and sperm whales are the largest animals alive today. In fact, the blue whale is the largest-known creature ever on Earth, topping even the biggest of ...