The blue whale is not merely the biggest animal alive today. At roughly 33 metres in length, it is the largest creature to have ever existed on Earth, dwarfing even the biggest dinosaurs that once ...

The deep ocean serves as a natural sound superhighway for marine organisms, allowing low-frequency sounds to travel great ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just a blue whale's tongue weighs as much as an adult elephant. But what caused blue whales to grow to such an extraordinary size?

Despite protections, blue whales remain endangered, primarily because of the risk of collisions with ships. MBARI's Blue ...

The intimate family lives of blue whales, including a blue whale nursing its calf underwater, has been revealed in extraordinary footage captured in a project led by an international marine ecologist ...

A study tracking heartbeats in diving blue and humpback whales reveals a sprinter-like cardiac pattern behind their explosive ...

A recent blue whale sighting off the coast of New England has surprised researchers. Scientists think the whales may have appeared in the unlikely location due to ocean conditions creating a temporary ...