Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery, given there used to be hundreds of thousands of blue whales before whaling ...

Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, and they spend much of their lives roaming the deep ocean, where they feed ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (WWLP) – The New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team spotted endangered blue whales during two back-to-back surveys. This ...

At least 30 blue whales have been spotted in the waters of Loreto Bay National Park this season ...

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, ...

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery given there used to be hundreds of thousands of blue whales before whaling ...

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 ...