The heaviest blue whale ever recorded was a victim of whaling, caught in Antarctic waters in 1947. She weighed a whopping 418,878 pounds, which is about the weight of 2,500 average adult humans.

The heart of a blue whale can weigh up to 1,300 pounds, while its tongue can weigh 5,400 pounds, which is the average weight of an adult female elephant. Blue whales have sleek, ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see some “great species diversity.” The “abundant” amount of krill in ...

Gliding gracefully through the marine waters, the blue whale is considered to be the largest creature to have ever existed. This behemoth can reach up to 110 feet long and weigh over 160 tons.

The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 feet in length. The underwater call of the sperm whale, the earth’s loudest, registers at 230 decibels.

Blue whales also give birth to enormous calves, the largest in the animal kingdom. They are usually between 6 to 8 meters (19 to 26 feet) in length and can weigh as much as 3.5 tonnes, not far off ...

The blue whale exhibit will include an entire skeleton of the animal and a large jaw bone on display, where people can step inside. Cove said the exhibit is an opportunity for the North Carolina ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see the biggest animal on Earth and the group is calling it a “once in a lifetime” moment.

Whale watchers got a rare view of the world's largest mammal when they saw a blue whale off the coast of Cape May. ... This stock of blue whales can grow to 90 feet and weigh over 100,000 pounds.

Researchers estimate that blue whales may each consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day during their main feeding season as they chow down on plastic-filled prey.