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An Australian marine scientist says microplastics in the oceans pose a "significant risk" to filter-feeding marine animals like manta rays and whale sharks. A research paper, "Microplastics: No small ...

Some ancient ancestors of giant baleen whales did not filter their food through plates of hair-like bristles like their modern kin. Neither did they have teeth. Instead, they may have used powerful ...

These are the enormous forefins of Bonnerichthys, a giant filter-feeding fish from the Late Cretaceous Period (approximately 89 to 66 million years ago) of the United States. The specimen is housed at ...

Aug. 30 (UPI) --Whales once ignored krill, and instead stalked sizable prey, new research suggests. Whales haven't always been predominantly filter feeders. Baleen whales -- the world's preeminent ...

(Reuters) - The blue whale and other baleen whales, the gentle giants of the sea, sift huge quantities of tiny prey from ocean water using a filter-feeding system in their mouths. But they were not ...

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Antarctic minke whales are elusive and hard to track – but a new study of their behaviour offers clues to their evolution and the limits of their filter-feeding behaviour. A new survey has revealed an ...