A marine biologist captured video of the moment a bowhead whale cracked through a layer of ice in West Greenland to take a breath.

Bowhead whales, which live in the Beaufort and Bering seasbetween Russia and Alaska, are a species of baleen whale, which eatby using baleen bristles to filter krill and fish from the oceanfor food.

The bowhead whale is the longest-living mammal on Earth with a life span of up to 200 years. Now, scientists have assembled its genome in the hope of learning some of its life-prolonging secrets.

Bowhead whales are large, baleen whales that can grow up to around 60 feet. They are one of the most long-lived species in the world, with some living up to 200 or older.

Bowhead whales play a critical role in balancing their ecosystem. At the top of the food chain, their presence is key to culling the zooplankton population, which contributes to climate control.

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A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt — more than a century ago.

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Marine scientists say the bowhead whale spotted in Cape Cod Bay this month is the same one seen off the Cape Cod coast two years ago. Skip to content. NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 at 11.

A marine biologist captured video of the moment a bowhead whale cracked through a layer of ice in West Greenland in order to breathe. Fredrik Oscar Christiansen of Aarhus University in Denmark ...