TOOTHLESS WONDERS A WHALE FOSSIL DISCOVERED ON THE WASHINGTONCOAST APPEARS...

The Columbian;  November 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ......and was nature's first experiment in baleen whales. Instead of munching its food, the...size, the blue whales, are toothless baleen whales. Until recently, the relationship between...sailors' stories of sea serpents.) Baleen whales, including the California gray whales...

UC Berkeley researchers help weigh whales' watery meals

University Wire;  November 30, 2007 ;     475 words ......data recorders on the backs of baleen whales living off the coast of southern...further examine the evolution of baleen whales in particular. "We plan to apply this model to other species of baleen whales to see how lunge feeding evolved...

Whales and swallows; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ......porpoises) can be divided into two groups, the baleen whales and the toothed whales. Baleen whales have no teeth, but a series of comb-like...plankton) from the ocean water. Both baleen whales and toothed whales use their tongues in...

WHAT BIG TEETH THEY HAD

The Boston Globe;  August 21, 2006 ;     62 words ...Baleen whales - which we know now as toothless filter-feeders such as the from southeast...above by Victoria Museum researcher Erich Fitzgerald, shows that early baleen whales had huge teeth instead of the filtering structure of modern ones. The...

Wow, whales! This is a kind of toothed whale. Dive inside to learn more...

Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin);  May 1, 2008 ;     621 words ......called blubber. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Baleen Whales Their Mouths They have baleen. That...issue compares toothed whales with baleen whales. * Scientists have found more than...have found more than 11 species of baleen whales, including the blue whale, the gray...

Global warming might wipe out whales off the face of the Earth

The Hindustan Times;  June 19, 2008 ;     449 words ......availability of krill - the main diet for "baleen" whales, which filter food from water, deteriorated...climate change, the ecological effects of baleen whales, and the effects of physical changes...relatively short periods of time and baleen whales that feed on krill have adapted ...

Hear here!

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 16, 2008 ;     59 words ......roar -- can be heard five miles away 3. Blue whales -- "hum" heard by blue whales within 10,000 miles 4. Baleen whales -- other baleen whales hear 50 miles away 5. Hyenas -- hear other hyenas eating two miles away 6. Tigers -- can be heard three...

Ancient whale was 'T-rex of the oceans'

Belfast Telegraph;  August 17, 2006 ;     360 words ......the ancient predator was an early baleen whale. But today's baleen whales have no teeth; instead, they use baleen plates - a sort of...literally rewrites our understanding of the evolution of baleen whales".He said: "It was not a passive gentle giant like today's...

A deep and meaningful discovery.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  August 16, 2006 ;     144 words ......was a new species that will provide a different perspective on the evolution of baleen whales. The whale was a voracious predator, while present-day baleen whales feed on krill. Publication Date: 17 August 2006 MELBOURNE MUSEUM MONASH UNIVERSITY...

No bones about it, whale fossil reveals a fearsome ancestor.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  August 16, 2006 ;     142 words ......was a new species that will provide a different perspective on the evolution of baleen whales. The whale was a voracious predator, while present-day baleen whales feed on krill. Publication Date: 17 August 2006 MELBOURNE MUSEUM MONASH UNIVERSITY...

WHALES AND WHALING

Young Students Learning Library;      700+ words ......human beings. The two main types of whales are the baleen whales and the toothed whales (including dolphins). Baleen Whales Blue whales, right whales, and humpback whales are all baleen whales. Baleen whales have strips of baleen in their mouths...

baleen whale

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      34 words ...ba·leen whale • n. a whale (suborder Mysticeti) that has plates of whalebone in the mouth for straining plankton from the water. Baleen whales include the rorquals, humpback, right whales, and gray whale.

Giants of the Deep.(whales)

World and I;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......substance known as baleen. They are therefore called baleen whales. So far, we are aware of 11 species of baleen whales and 69 species of toothed whales. Most of the largest cetaceans are baleen whales. They include the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus...

NSF FUNDS RESEARCH ADDRESSING ENDURING QUESTIONS OF LIFE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ......some of the world's biggest eaters: baleen whales. Generally larger than toothed whales, toothless baleen whales include the blue whale, which is...skeletons with genetic studies of baleen whales, the research team will help explain...

krill

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      45 words ......planktonic crustacean ( Meganyctiphanes norvegica , class Malacostraca.) of the open seas. It is eaten by a number of larger animals, notably the baleen whales. ORIGIN: early 20th cent. : from Norwegian kril ‘young fry of fish.’