A butchered bowhead whale can yield thousands of pounds of food. The ninit—community shares of meat and blubber—are apportioned equitably to ensure that everyone benefits from a successful hunt.

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 ...

These whales are also known to migrate seasonally, traveling to the edge of the ice in search of food and returning to their breeding grounds when the ice begins to melt. The bowhead whale's ...

Bowhead whales are among the largest and longest-living ... self-sustained oscillation" that balances the need for food at depths with the need for oxygen at the surface, the researchers used ...