The Australian researchers analyzed a dataset of baleen whale genes and found that two of the largest species, blue and fin ...

As a result, modern whales are the largest they’ve ever been in history. Take the biggest of the bunch the blue whale. It weighs more than a Boeing 757. Has a belly button the size of a plate.

A Blue Whale’s Heart Beat Taken for the First Time Ever Stuns Scientists, It Can Survive on Just Two Beats per Minute Seven ...

While the whale shark is certainly a big animal, it is considerably smaller than the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, which is the biggest animal in the world. The largest blue whale ever recorded ...

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It's an ancient, long-extinct whale that would have tipped the scales at close to 200 tonnes. Only some of the very biggest blue whale specimens might have rivalled its heft, researchers say.

The bones of a 73-foot blue whale are stored in a barn in Mendocino, awaiting their permanent home in the Ocean Science ...

Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding scientific collection. The whale is the largest specimen in the Museum's collection of more ...

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 ...