These estimates put the Perucetus as being as heavy as or heavier than the biggest blue whales ever known – even though it’s considerably shorter at just 17 metres long, compared to blue ...

Studies comparing the genomes of different species have changed our understanding of rorqual size, with the humpback, blue ...

As many as 60% of blue whales in Canada's Gulf of St Lawrence ... Reports of very large whales getting trapped in fishing gear are rare compared with smaller species, leading to the assumption ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...

Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story. Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding ...