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

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

Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins ...

Tourists off Australia's Bremer Bay watched as the orcas surrounded a 60ft endangered pygmy blue whale and tore it to shreds in a savage 90-minute attack. The event is so rare it's only the fourth ...

Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

The episode, witnessed off the Australian coast, offers a rare glimpse into the brutal efficiency of the ocean’s top predator.

When krill numbers fell again, so did the whales’ songs. Unlike blue whales, humpback whales can also eat anchovies and sardines, and their choruses returned when there was a population ...

During this time they eat around 4% of their body weight each ... The migratory patterns of blue whales are much more varied than gray whales and scientists are still searching for many answers ...

Even average-sized blue whales are massive, weighing around 350,000 pounds. That’s about the same as 30 adult male African elephants. Despite their huge size, they eat a diet of tiny shrimp-like ...