In the 20th century, whalers killed roughly 2 million large whales in the Southern Ocean. Some populations, like the Antarctic blue whale, were reduced by more than 99% and have been struggling to ...

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 ...

The episode, witnessed off the Australian coast, offers a rare glimpse into the brutal efficiency of the ocean’s top predator.

During the 1930-31 season, for instance, 29,410 blue whales were killed in the Antarctic. An estimated 350,000 blues have been killed in the 20th century. The whales' great scarcity and sheer size ...

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...

Every year towards the tail end of southern summer, thousands of humpback whales, southern right whales, blue whales and orcas embark on the world's longest mammal migration. They swim from the frigid ...