Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

Odontocetes, or whales with teeth, use echolocation to hunt their food with sound rather than sight. They eat squid, octopus, fish, prawns, crustaceans and other marine mammals, sucking in their ...

A jar of krill specimens with visible eye spots. Blue whales eat huge volumes of these small crustaceans. Blue whales eat krill - tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that live throughout Earth's oceans. The ...

Researchers have captured the acrobatics of gray whales as they feed. New insight into their movements ... sculling much like ...

Drone Footage Provides New Insight Into Gray Whales' Acrobatic Feeding Behavior Sep. 25, 2024 — Drone footage is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in ...

These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use ... Because females do not become sexually mature until ten years ...

Sadly, newborn gray whales cannot feed or defend themselves if they become separated from their mothers. As Sackrison stated, “Sometimes nature can really break your heart.” ...

photo by Jon493/Wirestock Creators The precipitous decline may be linked to climate change, as ocean temperatures warm, causing shifts in prey availability and other changes to summer feeding grounds ...