Blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — aren't singing as much anymore, and that's got scientists concerned. A study published in PLOS analyzing six years’ worth of acoustic data collected from ...

Five families of orcas joined forces to hunt down and feed on a blue whale, the largest creature on the planet, in what was an extremely rare sighting off Australia. More than 60 orcas worked together ...

A blue whale calf with its mother near the coast of island Pico (Azores)© tane-mahuta/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images “The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue ...

Primates appear to show one of the most diverse and complex ranges of colorations of mammalian groups. The so-called blue ...

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Blue whales making an unusual winter appearance. Humpacks sticking around for months, a pair lunging out of the water in sync with one another in a video making a virtual splash. And thousands of ...

Blue whales making an unusual winter appearance. Humpbacks sticking around for months, a pair lunging out of the water in sync with one another in a video making a virtual splash. And thousands of ...