SEATTLE — Fin whales are Earth’s second-largest creature after blue whales, reaching up to 85 feet long. Little is known about them because they prefer deep water, where they “gulp” large ...

Quick facts about whales. Where they live: In oceans around the world What they eat: A huge range of animals, from tiny plankton to giant squid How big they are: Between 7 and 100 feet (2 to 30 ...

5 fast facts about whales. Cuvier's beaked whales hold the record for the deepest-diving mammal.They can go nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) below the water's surface — about 10 times deeper than ...

The exception is fin whales, which turn on their sides to feed. Their coloration differs side to side and not top to bottom. 7. Eating is not a year-round activity for whales.

Fin whales’ vocalisations are low pulses lasting one or two seconds ranging from 16 to 40 hertz frequency. Meanwhile the range of human hearing stretches from faint lows of down to 20 hertz, up ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday.. Japan’s Fisheries ...

Cuvier's beaked whales hold the record for the deepest-diving mammal.They can go nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) below the water's surface — about 10 times deeper than the Eiffel Tower is tall..