Whales are carnivores who feast on other animals like plankton, crustaceans ... to hunt their food with sound rather than sight. They eat squid, octopus, fish, prawns, crustaceans and other ...

I recently visited the blue whales in the Sea of Cortez near Loreto, Mexico. These majestic mammals, the largest among us, are 85 feet long. They are an endangered species.

Humpback whales, despite their gargantuan size, eat very small prey like krill and plankton. To sustain their massive bodies, however, they must consume a lot of this food — up to 3,000 pounds ...

Understanding how key players such as whales, plankton, seagrasses and other forms ... It’s a key building block in the foods we eat, and in Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gases — carbon ...

Look! A right whale having its dinner. Whales are the biggest animals in the world and most only eat plankton, one of the smallest. They must have to eat a lot! They can stay underwater for an ...

Along with capturing the rare whales peacefully hugging, the trip's researchers also filmed the animals eating plankton and nursing calves. Animal lovers can learn even more about the amazing ...

They may not look as impressive as whales or sharks, but they are responsible for much of the food that we eat and even the air that we breathe. Plankton include lots of different kinds of living ...

Discover how plankton, whale poop, the fish we eat and the secret organisms at the deepest depths of the ocean play a fundamental role in removing carbon from the atmosphere.

In 2010, scientists revealed that whales, feeding at depth and pooping at the surface, provide a critical resource for plankton growth ... in the tropics—without eating. For example, gray ...