As the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Watson has long stood at the ...

A true titan of the ocean, the Blue Whale reigns as the largest and most powerful creature on Earth. With its immense size, reaching up to 98 feet in length and weighing over 400,000 pounds, the Blue ...

Our roundup this week highlights research that made the first ever recorded heart rate of the blue whale. (Photo: Creative Commons) By Derek Chen Dec. 1, 2019, 11:06 p.m.

The blue whale was not the only marine life passengers saw on the trip. Laurino said they observed about 20 fin whales, pilot whales, several dolphin species, a mobula ray that breached the ...

But across various blue whale populations, high pregnancy rates of 33-50% annually seem to contradict the average 3.1% rate of sightings of blue whales involving mother-calf pairs.

A MODEL of a 93-ft. Blue whale has just been completed in the Whale Hall of the British Museum (Natural History). It is constructed of plaster of Paris and cement on a wood and wire-netting ...

Even their inner organs are weighty. The heart of a blue whale can weigh up to 1,300 pounds, while its tongue can weigh 5,400 pounds, which is the average weight of an adult female elephant.

A blue whale's heart alone can weigh as much as a car, around 400 pounds (180 kg). Despite their massive size, they can swim at speeds of up to 30 kilometres per hour (19 miles per hour).

Richard Ellis, artist behind a life-size blue whale, dies at 86 By Harrison Smith The Washington Post,Updated June 6, 2024, 9:17 a.m.

Long before he helped design a life-size blue whale for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Richard Ellis was enchanted with the ocean and the mysterious creatures that swam in its ...

Richard Ellis in 2012 at the American Museum of Natural History, in front of the life-size blue whale he helped build. In fusing his artistic flair with an encyclopedic knowledge of ocean ...