Feedback is delighted to hear from a reader who proposes an ingenious new unit of data – but we have some quibbles with the ...

A mysterious whale that has long puzzled scientists may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

The Museum's vast blue whale skeleton is more than just a specimen - it's a 4.5-tonne parcel of social history. The animal has been dead for more than 120 years, but the legend of the day it arrived ...

Scientists and tourists are left in awe after a rare and dramatic encounter on the high seas off the state south coast.

The “phenomenal” incident took place off Bremer Bay, a town located near Perth, on April 7, according to a news release from Whale Watch Western Australia, a tour boat company. During the afternoon, ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They return to warmer regions such as the Gulf of California and the eastern ...

This blue whale skull is one of the largest in any collection on earth. Chris Gunn By the turn of the 20th century, the United States National Museum—now the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries ...