Scientists confirmed some blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, were spending part of the year back in the area by taking underwater audio recordings that captured the whales' distinct songs ...
It features in the Imax film Blue Whales 3D. But a year of underwater audio recording revealed the animals spend months in the region. This means they could be breeding there, scientists say.
A new study has quantified the risk for whale-ship collisions worldwide for four geographically widespread ocean giants that are threatened by shipping: blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.
As an expedition was exploring the waters around the Solomon Islands, its members spotted what looked like a shipwreck. Intrigued, they sent a diver down to investigate.