Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The ...

An expedition to study Antarctic krill and the baleen whales that feed upon them is underway in the Antarctic Peninsula. The project is funded by the UK Government through Darwin Plus. The team of ...

New research suggests that the presence of penguin poop causes krill to lose their appetite, among other behaviors. Krill are like the popcorn shrimp of the Southern Ocean—everyone from whales ...

Whales feed for roughly 100 days out of each year; depending on the species, an adult whale may consume 1 to 6 tons of krill in a day. Most baleen whales use a strategy called lunge feeding ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales ...

The water it takes in at the same time as its food is pushed out of the mouth by its enormous tongue, through strainer-like baleen plates which hang down from the upper jaw. Watch how a blue whales ...

The blue whale has one of the largest appetites of any animal, eating up to four tonnes of krill every day. Blue whales, which have baleen plates, feed by taking huge mouthfuls of water and food. They ...

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These whales use their baleen plates to filter tiny animals — such as plankton, krill and small fish — out of the water. Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback ...