Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our planet. Their remarkable ...

MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive. In 2021 ...

“But for sperm whale clicks, the human hearing threshold is around 15 dB.” But the other factor is duration — a sperm whale’s click only lasts 100 microseconds while a blue whale call can ...

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.

It is still leaking because the blue whale’s bone marrow is chock full of oil and much more oily than human bone. “The marrow is oily and the oil is a source of energy for these animals.

Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale ...

The human heart, in comparison, is sluggish, beating only 60 to 100 times a minute. Then there’s the heart of the blue whale, the largest animal ever to have lived.

The first-ever video of a blue whale nursing her calf has been released, along with other stunning videos of the species' intimate interactions, which were captured in 2022 by a snorkeler in the ...

Despite being members of the largest species on the planet, young blue whales have long managed to elude human detection. In fact, just two blue whale births have ever been documented — off ...

Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale ...