A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

There is typically one chance to harpoon the whale. If the hunt is successful, each person in the village can receive a share of the meat. A butchered bowhead whale can yield thousands of pounds ...

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 ...

Like many arctic whales, bowheads have no dorsal fin; this adaptation allows them to navigate underneath sea ice. Bowhead whales have two blowholes, producing a distinctive V-shaped spray. Their ...

Addison Shea's project involving Bowhead whales under consideration for the oldest and most prestigious STEM prize for high school seniors in the U.S.

Drones solve a 170-year-old mystery about bowhead whale behaviour Bowhead whales live up to 200 years and have a range over vast distances. For the last 170 years, local Inuit have observed that ...