Taking in vast amounts of water and krill at once, then squeezing the water out of their closed mouths and eating the animals hanging in their baleen is the recipe for success of baleen whales like humpback or blue whales. But why don’t all whale species do...
The blow of a humpback whale. (Image: OZA/AWI) Our knowledge of the life of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean has so far been limited mainly to studies conducted during the Antarctic summer. The reason: In winter, there are hardly any biologists on site who could...