Spotted: Gray whales frolicking behind casino (2026) Nov 13, 2009
Gray whales are baleen whales that spend the summer feeding in Alaska on invertebrates living in sediment on the seafloor. In the winter they swim to Baja and return to Alaska in early spring. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Diversity of bone-eating worms Nov 11, 2009
According to one scenario involving a molecular clock calibrated for shallow marine invertebrates, Osedax split from its siboglinid relatives about 45 million years ago when archeocete cetaceans first appeared and then diversified during the late Oligocene and early Miocene when toothed and baleen whales appeared. Alternatively, the use of a slower clock calibrated for deep-sea annelids suggested that Osedax split from its siboglinid relatives during the Cretaceous and began to diversify during... (BioMed Central)
* Food chain at risk as Arctic turns acidic Oct 5, 2009
The little shellfish is eaten by baleen whales, salmon, herring and various seabirds. Its disappearance would therefore have a major impact on the entire marine food chain. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Mammalian Reproduction and Offsprin... Oct 2, 2009
Baleen whales are the largest mammals and gestation time for them is 12 months, half that of the elephant and only a bit longer than human gestation of 9 months. Generally, the larger the mammal, the lower the number of young in a litter. (Suite101.com)
Humpback Whale Facts Megaptera no... Sep 18, 2009
Discover the Feeding Methods and Behaviour of These Baleen Whales ... Suborder mysticeti, or baleen whales rorquals (the largest group of baleen whales), right whales and gray whales ... Humpback whales fall under the suborder mysticeti, or baleen whales. (Suite101.com)
Tooth Enamel Evidence Supports Evolution Sep 7, 2009
g., baleen whales, anteaters, pangolins) and of mammals with teeth that lack enamel (e ... Extinct baleen whales, such as Aetiocetus weltoni (top; ~25 million years old) possessed teeth with enamel ... Living baleen whales (bottom) lack teeth and feed on minute organisms with their brush-like baleen filters. (Science Daily)
Love Songs Of Bowhead Whales Aug 3, 2009
This has not been seen in other baleen whales. It turns out that bowhead whales change their songs from year to year and never repeat songs from previous years. (Science Daily)
Whale trivia: did you know? Jun 24, 2009
In baleen whales (filter feeders) females are bigger than males, while in the toothed whales the males are bigger than females. 15. (iAfrica.com)
Well, blow me! A home-made whale of an idea Apr 14, 2009
Dr Hogg said the huge amount of air that baleen whales blow out when they surface contains some mucus and lung cells. With an international team, which included her university colleague, Tracey Rogers, she set out to see if the blow also contained hormones that had crossed over from the bloodstream into the lungs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Ancient whale bones could be gray whale's ancestor Feb 28, 2009
Gray whales are part of a larger group called baleen whales, which filter feed through baleen plates. So far, the whale's jaw, shoulder blade, neck bone and upper spine have been unearthed. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Paddling among the orcas off Vancouver Island Feb 26, 2009
It is well documented that in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a pod of orcas regularly helped humans hunt baleen whales in southeastern Australia. The orcas would herd the whales into a narrow bay, alert the whalers and help out with the kill. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Will Killing Whales Save the World's Fisheries? Feb 18, 2009
Analyzing the waters off Western Africa and the Caribbean, where baleen whales breed, Gerber and her colleagues mined marine data to create ecosystem models that plotted the feeding interactions between whales and fish. (They chose these waters in part because Japan is using the fishery argument to persuade Caribbean and African nations to support the lifting of the whaling ban. (Time.com)
A Snake the Size of a Plane Feb 8, 2009
Blue whales are a species within the suborder of baleen whales. ( to the corrected sentence. (Slate)
Protesters', whalers' ships collide Feb 7, 2009
Read about seven species, some toothed and others baleen whales. Video: Environment. (MSNBC -- International)
