Surprise: Blue Whales Are Mostly 'Left-Handed' Surprise: Blue Whales Are Mostly 'Left-Handed' Watch Mysterious Blue Whale Behavior Likely Filmed for First Time Mysterious Blue Whale Behavior ...

This story appears in the March 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... the vessel to carry me on a month-long cruise in pursuit of blue whales, I would not have hesitated.

But a new discovery from University of Pisa paleontologists may dethrone the blue whale in favor of a prehistoric cetacean ...

They are found on every continent and in every ocean, and range in size from tiny bumblebee bats to enormous blue whales. One reason for their success is the way they move. Mammals as a group use ...

Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth, with some mature adults reaching 100 feet and tipping the scales up to 200 tons. According to National Geographic, their “tongues ...

This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... fast baleen species, the fin and blue whales. The largest whale ever recorded, a female blue more than 110 ...

This story appears in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The ocean off Baja erupts like a torpedo range. A long, lean whale shoots ... Bryde's in the vast, blue ocean even ...