First documented sighting of a group of bowhead whales in Canada's Churchill River Estuary
In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River ...
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How Did Two Bowhead Whales That Were 60 Miles Apart Sync Their Diving?
Baleen whales come to feast on the bounty, and in 2010, two bowhead whales entered the bay to gorge. As the pair came within ...
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Bowhead Whale: World's Longest Living Whale
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 ...
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NATURAL HISTORY
FEEDING: Bowhead whales are baleen whales, meaning they use a comb-like strainer made of hundreds of long, narrow baleen plates attached to their upper jaws to filter large amounts of plankton.
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Scientists witnessed a ‘Humpback Palooza’ in the Arctic. Local hunters worry about what that could mean for subsistence.
In recent years, researchers have documented salmon surviving in North Slope rivers, bowhead whales expanding their foraging ...
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Northwest research reveals some whales avoid detection from predators by keeping their songs reeaaal low
New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.
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Meet the bowhead whale hunters of northern Alaska
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 ...
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How do whales avoid being detected by orcas? Their singing plays a role, study finds
Photo from John Towner, UnSplash Some baleen whale species are capable ... ground when attacked and include humpback, grey and bowhead whales — sing at higher frequencies, often over 1,500 ...