Like cows and camels, baby whales are called calves. The parent whales, like humans, spend a great deal of time nursing their young. Some species such as the humpback whale nurse just a few hours...Read More
The fin on the back of whales are called dorsal fins. A dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of various unrelated marine and freshwater vertebrates, including most fish, cetaceans (whales,...Read More
Baby whales gain up to 200 pounds every day. After about a year inside its mother's womb, a baby blue whale emerges weighing up to 3 tons and stretching to 25 feet. It gorges on nothing but...Read More
The antarctic minke whale was given the name balaenoptera bonaerensis by Burmeister in 1867. The Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale is a species of minke whale within the suborder of...Read More
The answer is subsistence. As recently as 1988, humpback whales were listed as endangered by IUCN. Populations have now recovered, due to the introduction of commerical whaling bans. There are...Read More
A whale’s blowhole is located on the top of their head. Whales have evolved from land-living mammals. As such, whales must breathe air regularly to survive, though they can remain submerged...Read More
A group of whales swims in a shrinking circle blowing bubbles below a school of prey. the shrinking ring of bubbles encircles the school and confines it in an ever-smaller cylinder. the whales then...Read More
