Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blue whale swims near the coast of Sri Lanka. Studies from California to New Zealand have shown that certain whale species, such ...

The idea of a battle between a megalodon and a blue whale captures the imagination, though these giants never shared the same oceans. The megalodon, an extinct apex predator, was equipped with ...

Marine scientists have discovered a troubling phenomenon in the world’s oceans as blue whale vocalizations have dropped dramatically over the past decade. The alarming decline, documented through ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...

“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” ...

From the California coast, you can see a lot of surfers. It's not so easy to see a blue whale. However, at UC Santa Cruz, you ...

For more than a decade, a program has worked with shipping companies to slow the speed of massive vessels through sensitive ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp that power its baleen-filter feeding. The biggest whale ...