Picture this. You’re on a whale watching trip in an exotic locale, when a giant humpback whale swims up next to the boat. It ...

As the smallest of the group of baleen whales that includes the blue whale - filter-feeding behemoths of the marine realm - the Antarctic minke whale aptly can be called the littlest giant. It also ...

Researchers used noninvasive suction tags to observe the behavior of Antarctic minke whales as they fed on krill in the waters off the West Antarctic Peninsula. (Photo by David Cade, Hopkins Marine ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A study recently carried out with devices consisting of new video recording technology and 3D accelerometry examined this lunge feeding behavior in ...

Stunning up close footage captured a humpback whale lunge feeding off the coast of Montauk, New York, recently shared footage shows Joanna L Steidle, who captured this video, told Storyful menhaden ...

When rorqual whales feed, they lunge through the water with mouths open wide, taking in vast patches of their tiny prey suspended in a volume of water as big as their massive bodies in one giant gulp.

No need to point binoculars toward the horizon on this whale watching trip — the show came straight to the boat. A group of tourists were out on Monterey Bay Friday with Princess Monterey Whale ...

An aerial team from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium spotted this fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) during a 2017 survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts ...

A new study of Antarctic minke whales reveals a minimum size limit for whales employing the highly efficient 'lunge-feeding' strategy that enabled the blue whale to become the largest animal on Earth.