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

The Columbian;  November 25, 1998 ;   ELLEN MORRIS BISHOP, Columbian;   747 words ......a much larger baleen whale on display. Known...sea serpents.) Baleen whales, including the...development of baleen whales, including the...combination of baleen and teeth, may...fleshy matrix. Baleen whales are filter feeders...

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.

whalebone whale

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      10 words ...whale·bone whale • n. another term for baleen whale .

NSF FUNDS RESEARCH ADDRESSING ENDURING QUESTIONS OF LIFE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 6, 2008 ;     787 words ......world's biggest eaters: baleen whales. Generally larger...whales, toothless baleen whales include the blue...filter feeder, each baleen whale strains sea water...genetic studies of baleen whales, the research team...evolution of the baleen whale's feeding ...

UC Berkeley researchers help weigh whales' watery meals

University Wire;  November 30, 2007 ;   Christine Chen;   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 ;     727 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...

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 ...

Whale of a change for cetacean history. (research indicates that...

Science News;  February 20, 1993 ;     292 words ......whale seems more closely related to the baleen whales, despite noticeable outward differences...evolutionary lines. They also indicate that baleen whales lost the ability to echolocate, whereas...retained it. Milinkovitch explains that baleen whales may have dropped their sonar ...

Hear here!

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 16, 2008 ;   Karl A. Van Asselt;   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...

right whale

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      20 words ...right whale • n. a baleen whale (family Balaenidae) with a large head and a deeply curved jaw, of Arctic and temperate waters.

Ancient whale was 'T-rex of the oceans'

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

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;      787 words ......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 instead...strip is ...