Gliding gracefully through the marine waters, the blue whale is considered to be the largest creature to have ever existed.

Small creatures get stuck in the baleen and are swallowed. A blue whale’s preferred foods are krill, crustaceans, and even small fish, although the fish are usually accidentally caught.

The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds ... In one, called “bubble-net feeding,” one whale corrals fish and pushes them toward the surface by blowing bubbles.

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or ...

A single blue whale gulps down up to 10 million pieces ... shrimp-like creatures called krill as well as tiny fish, like sardines and anchovies, from the water. Each mouthful can contain up ...

"The blue whale was a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife opportunity ... More: What is this bug-eyed fish showing up in Jersey Shore waters? Biologists have an answer This stock of blue whales can ...

The pygmy blue whale is listed as endangered and is a smaller ... They sit atop the food chain and have a diverse diet - often consisting of fish, penguins and sea lions. Their behaviour resembles ...

Some killer whales only eat fish, while others prey on marine mammals ... attacks to hunt the largest animal on the planet, a blue whale. Sponsor Message Off California's coast, even great ...

"The blue whale would feed all the orcas and feed other animals under the water too, like sharks and fish, and also birds get the scraps." “We witnessed an incredible and rare event yesterday as ...

The frequency was much higher than a blue whale or its cousin ... unfold too gradually for humans to perceive quickly. Unlike fish, which have rapid life cycles and clear population booms or ...

Long before he helped design a life-size blue whale for the American Museum of ... Mr. Ellis drew or wrote a book about seemingly every fish in the sea, helping to introduce a general audience ...