While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” its color is more a reflection of the water it swims in — its skin is actually ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a ...

making them roughly the length of a 10-story building. “A football team could stand on a blue whale’s tongue without falling off,” Whale and Dolphin Conservation says. The heaviest blue ...

Despite high-profile accidents, a comprehensive global picture of the risks posed by shipping to whales has remained elusive.

The carcass of the juvenile female fin whale, measuring almost 47 feet, was found Saturday night along the Tony Knowles ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most recent ...

Only some of the very biggest blue whale specimens might have rivalled ... "The fossils were actually discovered 13 years ago, but their size and shape meant it took three years just to get ...

Blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived. These colossal cetaceans often reach 30 metres in length and can weigh up to 180 tonnes - so they need to eat a lot to keep them swimming. But ...

In terms of length, blue whales have often been compared to three school buses lined up back to back. These whales measure 90-100 feet long and are estimated to weigh from 200,000-352,000 pounds ...