A subtle shift in coastal winds sets off a chain reaction that pulls cold, nutrient-rich water up from the ocean floor and ...

Blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — aren't singing as much anymore, and that's got scientists concerned. A study published in PLOS analyzing six years’ worth of acoustic data collected from ...

The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of California, frightening scientists who believe it is an indication of greater ecosystem danger. Scientists tracked the auditory ...

The Numbers First The only intact blue whale heart ever preserved and studied in detail came from a specimen that washed ...

The Blue Whale Story exhibit conservator, Susan Green, inspects the frame holding a life-sized reproduction of an ...

A blue whale calf with its mother near the coast of island Pico (Azores)© tane-mahuta/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images "The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth." The blue ...

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery, given there used to be hundreds of thousands of blue whales before whaling ...

The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 meters in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to face the rising challenges of global warming, ...

Blue whales were swimming off San Diego's coastline earlier this year and closer to shore, an atypical pattern that has allowed marine researchers to study the world's largest animal up close and has ...

Whale biologist Carrie Newell spotted four blue whales feeding about 3 to 4 miles offshore from Depoe Bay, Oregon on June 27 — an exceptionally rare event in the state’s coastal waters. Newell, ...