Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

Baleen whales are unique and breathtaking animals and are known for undertaking some of the longest migrations in the world.

Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

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Phoenix, a life-size model of a North Atlantic right whale, at the center of the new Sant Ocean Hall, 2008 Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution A female whale named Phoenix, nearly 50 feet ...

It's the third dead whale to wash up on Delaware shores this year. A juvenile humpback beached itself and died just north of ...

An estimated 350,000 blues have been killed in the 20th century. The whales' great scarcity and sheer size have always posed considerable problems for museums wanting to display full-size specimens.