Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found.

One of nature's most awe-inspiring creatures, the rare and giant blue whale, was seen off the coast of Massachusetts in a rare back-to-back sighting. Cape Ann Whale Watch, a touring group based in ...

You will find a wide and varied world full of life when you descend into the deep blue sea. Among the ocean’s inhabitants, ...

Blue whales can reach about 100 feet (30 meters) long, fin whales about 80 feet (24 meters), sperm and bowhead whales about 60 feet (18 meters), humpback and right whales about 50 feet (15 meters ...

This is because blue whale bones, Zanolli told me, are especially oily, and even though KOBO was found 26 years ago, the skeleton still drips oil.

The ocean is going silent. Blue whales, the gentle leviathans that swim in all but one of the world’s oceans, are the singers of the underwater world. Their groans, whistles and clicks are ...

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 heart to power a giant One of the most interesting things about the blue whale is its heart. It weighs around 180 kilograms and is built to support the whale’s massive body.

The blue whale, which can reach up to 100 feet (30 meters) long and weigh 200 tons, lowers its heart rate to as little as two beats per minute as it lunges under the ocean surface for food ...