The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and ... use echolocation to hunt their food with sound rather than sight. They eat squid, octopus, fish, prawns, crustaceans and other ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

The huge whales can eat up to four tonnes of krill every day. Blue whales lunge through large swarms of krill with their mouths open, taking in more food in one mouthful than any other animal on Earth ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & ...

A whale's diet depends on its suborder. But not all whales within each group eat exactly the same thing. Each species has a favourite food. And no matter where they are or what they eat, whales are ...

Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...