Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived. The largest of these giants was a true behemoth, equaling the ...

Life on Earth spent millions of years clawing ... And they did. Today, a blue whale is 10 THOUSAND times more massive than the Pakicetus was. But this transformation wasn’t as gradual as you ...

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species in shallow waters, as whales swim up from the deep sea, where they feed, ...

"How big is a blue whale?" (It is as big as 33 African elephants.) Dr Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah is an honorary fellow at Macfarlane Burnet Institute (Melbourne, Australia) and an alum of the Young ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

The blue whale is suspended from the Museum's ceiling The animal's ... it's one of the biggest thrills of my life. I won't experience this feeling again.' Mary was five years old when Wickham died in ...

A blue whale mother and calf are swimming together in the Gulf of California in Baja, Mexico, one of the warm-water places blue whales spend their winter months. Only two blue whale births have ...

Feeding while migrating is thought to be essential for a streamlined species like the pygmy blue whale that has less capacity to store fat and needs to feed to fuel its migrations. "Supplemental ...