Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The ...

Six million years ago, those same geologic forces severed the connection between the Baja peninsula and the mainland, forming ...

Visitors to Santa Cruz's Seymour Marine Discovery Center can experience the iconic whale skeleton known as Ms. Blue as ...

A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

krill and small fish — out of the water. Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish ...

Blue whales — the planet’s largest animal — subsist on tiny crustaceans called krill. As populations of this food source recovered from the marine heat wave, detections of blue whale singing ...

A newborn blue whale can weigh as much as 8,800 pounds. These large marine mammals need to eat a lot of food to have enough energy to live. They eat krill, and they eat a lot of it. A blue whale ...