Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself.

New paper describes species of baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico - Rice's whale. A species of baleen whale that is native to the Gulf of Mexico, called Rice's whale, is already threatened by ...

The whale has been spotted most frequently off the coast of Alabama and the western coast of Florida, according to the NOAA. It lives year-round in the Gulf of Mexico; it’s the only baleen whale ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

This deep-water development enhances our leading Gulf of Mexico portfolio, where our oil production has among the lowest GHG intensity in the world. Notes to editors The Whale production facility ...

WASHINGTON— A coalition of groups filed a petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a year-round mandatory 10-knot speed limit and other vessel-related regulations within ...

These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny ...

Shell (NYSE:SHEL) said Thursday it began production at its Whale floating facility in the Gulf of Mexico, which is expected to reach peak output of 100K boe/day; Whale is operator and 60% owned by ...

"Whale demonstrates our focus on driving more ... This deep-water development enhances our leading Gulf of Mexico portfolio, where our oil production has among the lowest GHG intensity in the ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced that production has started at the Shell-operated Whale floating production facility in the Gulf ...