Credit: Vincent Pommeyrol Getty Images The smallest whale species is the dwarf sperm whale, which is about 7 to 9 feet (2 to ...

A group of blue whales first spotted off New Zealand several years ago appears to be part of a local population that is genetically distinct from other blue whales in the Pacific Ocean and ...

A.S. Friedlaender et al., “Context-dependent lateralized feeding strategies in blue whales,” Current Biology, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.023, 2017.

The inner ear of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), reconstructed from CT scans, shows key anatomical features, including the cochlea, acousto-vestibular nerve, oval window and vestibular ...

The Whale Car Wash was a distinctive roadside attraction located at North 50th Street and Meridian Avenue in Oklahoma City, ...

Image: National Museum of Ireland ... In his decades of lifeboat service, he saved countless people from the cold Irish seas. And years after the blue whale had died near the harbour, Ned proved ...

But across various blue whale populations, high pregnancy rates of 33–50% annually seem to contradict the average 3.1% rate of sightings of blue whales involving mother-calf pairs.

The photos look as if they must have been photo ... both the planet’s friendliest whales and the largest beings (blue whales) to ever inhabit the Earth. Although gray whales and their calves ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean ...