Bowheads have the longest baleen (filter-feeding system) of any baleen whale, up to 13 feet long. They use their baleen to filter plankton from the water ...

The remarkable longevity of these animals is often linked to slow metabolisms, deep-sea habitats, or protective shells that ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), also known ... This sea creature takes the crown as Earth's longest-living creature, as it can potentially live forever. Scientifically known as Turritopsis ...

Would you believe me if I told you that the bowhead whale could reach 200 years of age or that an immortal jellyfish lives in our oceans? The longest-living animals on earth are nature’s marvels ...

Swimming in the frigid Arctic waters is the longest-living mammal on Earth: the bowhead whale, which can survive for over 200 years. Next, is the oldest vertebrate on record, a Greenland shark ...

When they open their wide mouths to feed they engulf enough water to fill a large living room. So it can take as long as 10 seconds to close them again. Scientists estimate once a whale is 110 ...

The longest ever recorded dive by a whale was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long ...