Whale biologist Carrie Newell spotted four blue whales feeding about 3 to 4 miles offshore from Depoe Bay, Oregon on June 27 — an exceptionally rare event in the state’s coastal waters. Newell, ...

The blue whale season typically does not begin until late spring or early summer, making this early arrival noteworthy.

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have suddenly gone silent, a development that has scientists and experts worried about the future of the animal, and the ocean. A recent study published by ...

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Whale watching charter owners said they couldn’t remember a time over the last decade when blue whales, the earth’s largest mammals, showed up this late off Southern California. In recent years, their ...

In mid-April 2026, people on social media shared a video of what they claimed was footage of a whale calf nursing from its ...

A single whale song can train AI to detect calls across decades of ocean recordings, turning hidden acoustic archives into ...

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