The blue whale is renowned as the Earth’s largest animal, taking that title today by quite some distance. That holds true even stretching back through time as these enormous marine mammals are even ...

Killer whales, giant turtles and real-life Moby Dicks were among the rare sightings recorded in one of the most extensive ...

By the time a global moratorium on commercial whaling, approved by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), went into effect in 1986, scientists estimated that whale numbers had plummeted from 66 ...

Whale watchers touring the coast of Cape May got a rare glimpse of a blue whale — the world's largest animal — during a wildlife research trip earlier this month. The sighting happened Sept.

Why they're awesome: The largest animal on Earth is thought to be the blue whale, but these strange sea creatures can grow even longer — reaching up to 150 feet (46 meters) in length.

How Baleen Whales Have Adapted Over the Past 50 Million Years Aug. 22, 2024 — The largest dataset of cetacean genes ever collated has helped scientists deep dive 'into the blue' to fathom the ...

Scientists surveying marine life off our coastline have been watching marine mammals roll in for the Bay Area seafood buffet.

Last weekend, about 50 passengers and crew aboard the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center vessel American Star got a view of a blue whale. Such a sighting off the coast of New Jersey is rare ...

Nobody knows exactly how many whales are ship-strike victims every year, because most of them sink after they're hit. But blue whales, humpbacks, and fin whales are on the endangered list ...

To understand the behaviors underlying the seasonal patterns in sperm whale vocalizations, MBARI researchers and their collaborators compared seven ... such as blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus).

This is the first dedicated paper on both the occurrence and feeding behaviour of Bryde’s whale in Australian waters. As humans continue to expand our footprint in the ocean through activities such as ...