Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western Australian coast, new research led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science ...

BELOIT — Evidence that ancestors of today’s whales once walked on the land and how digital imaging technology can help unlock mysteries of the past were explored Saturday during the Roy Chapman ...

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 ...

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At some point in evolutionary history, whales and dolphins passed a threshold their bodies could never recover from. Scientists now know exactly what pushed them past it, and which ocean mammals are ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists in Indonesia have tagged a pygmy blue whale for the first time using a drone. Data from the tag revealed a previously unknown path used ...

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 ...

Despite protections, blue whales remain endangered, primarily because of the risk of collisions with ships. MBARI's Blue Whale Observatory uses a suite of technologies to study these animals and their ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A resident population of blue whales has for many years lived in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka, but in recent years sightings of the animals have ...

An early season blue whale sighting has ocean watchers hopeful there will be more of the world’s largest animal showing up off the local coast. The sighting on Tuesday was about 3 miles off the Dana ...