The bowhead whale skeleton on display was collected off the coast of ... Pests can also colonise the dust and start to call it home, as some organisms will feed off the dust itself. Getting up close ...

Bowhead whales are the ultimate Arctic socialites, often seen in groups (called pods) which can range from a few individuals to larger gatherings of up to 50 whales during migration or feeding.

Bowheads have the longest baleen (filter-feeding system) of any baleen whale, up to 13 feet long. They use their baleen to filter plankton from the water ...

Great Britain started hunting bowhead whales around the North American colonies ... By the 20 th century, industrial-scale commercial whaling had begun to target whales on their feeding grounds in the ...

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

Yugu Alfred Ningeok is the son of a whaling captain and a member of an Inupiat whaling crew. An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping on sea ice ...