The blue whale holds the distinction of being the largest animal ever known to have existed, surpassing even the largest ...

Stay 500 yards away, about the length of five football fields. This regulation applies to vessels, aircraft, drones and ...

Blue whales - the largest animals on Earth - are making their home in a part of the Indian Ocean where they were wiped out by whaling decades ago. Researchers and filmmakers in the Seychelles ...

The team is learning key facts that will help conserve the majestic animals, which went to the brink of oblivion thanks to 20th Century hunters. "We've discovered that blue whales spend twice as ...

As Earth’s largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tonnes of food each day. They also now are ingesting huge amounts of plastic, according to scientists, due to the alarming ...

They are found on every continent and in every ocean, and range in size from tiny bumblebee bats to enormous blue whales. One reason for their success is the way they move. Mammals as a group use ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

They are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, said Julie Albert, director of right whale sightings for Blue World Research Institute. Spotting right ...