“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz professors ...

The ocean is home to the largest animals of all-time, the great whales ... To study lunge-feeding behaviour blue whales are tagged with cameras. Rorquals are some of the largest whales on the ...

The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue ... Whales ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...

A blue whale skeleton weighing 4.5 tonnes is one of the first things ... Images of William Armstrong are used with thanks to Olive Condell, his great grandaughter. Find out more about why we need to ...

"We call it the 'great whale conveyor belt,'" Roman says ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest animals to ever live on the Earth—are not known and were not included in the primary ...

The exhibition Timed to coincide with the installation of the skeleton of a young blue whale in the museum’s main entrance hall (replacing the iconic Diplodocus skeleton cast), the exhibition ...