A photograph shared to Twitter on Aug. 23, 2022, by the science account Massimo claimed to show an enormous blue whale estimated to be nearly 100 feet long located near a boat. Video: It's NOT a ...

Above, a stock image of a blue whale in the Indian Ocean. A man captured the moment that a blue whale swam next to him while he was paddleboarding.

A true titan of the ocean, the Blue Whale reigns as the largest and most powerful creature on Earth. With its immense size, reaching up to 98 feet in length and weighing over 400,000 pounds, the Blue ...

MBARI researchers and their collaborators have gained important insight into the feeding habits of blue whales. The gentle giants follow wind-driven upwelling to find rich patches of food. Image ...

Blue whales are still historically large animals: Some can grow to more than 100 feet. Perucetus colossus was “possibly the heaviest animal ever,” said study co-author Alberto Collareta, a ...

A vast blue whale skeleton now hangs in Hintze Hall. Take a look at specimens that have taken centre stage over the years. The Museum opened to the public in 1881 and in its early days the ...

We have seen a blue whale give birth twice – once in 1911 and once in 1946, but out of all the blue whale sightings around the world, only a little over 3% of them include a mother and her calf.

Blue whale calves and births have seldom been documented. A new study may help unravel the mystery. Photo from NOAA Fisheries Service Despite being members of the largest species on the planet ...

All told, about 3.5 percent of the blue whale genome comes from fin whales. “This is fantastic,” Dr. Janke said. He had previously looked for blue whale DNA in fin whale genomes and not found it.