For the first time, scientists have recorded the heart rate of a blue whale, uncovering new information about the biology of the world’s largest mammal. After measuring the heart rates of diving ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean ...

Blue whales, which are the largest animals known to have ever existed, experience their hearts skip a beat when they grab a snack. A team of marine biologists has recorded a blue whale's heartbeat ...

Whales travel through the ocean, lunging, leaping, and playing, with grace and swiftness that belie their huge size. The ...

Unusually large numbers of blue whales dining off the Southern California coast are providing marine mammal enthusiasts a rare opportunity to see Earth’s largest creatures lolling in the waves ...

When a blue whale burst into view only a few hundred yards off the bow, Randy Kirk, 58, of Manhattan Beach, grinned. ‘It’s inspiring to see the biggest living things on Earth enjoying the ...

In this corner, weighing up to 190 metric tons, is the blue whale. This behemoth still swimming in Earth’s oceans is the current titleholder for the heaviest animal to ever exist — living or ...

The blue whale exhibit will include an entire skeleton of the animal and a large jaw bone on display, where people can step inside. Cove said the exhibit is an opportunity for the North Carolina ...

"Within seconds we realized, oh my God, a pack of killer whales is attacking a blue whale," researcher John Totterdell from the Cetacean Research Centre in Australia, told NPR.

Whale watchers got a rare view of the world's largest mammal when they saw a blue whale off the coast of Cape May. News Sports Monmouth Ocean Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. ANIMALS.

Most of the time, blue whales spend the majority of their day eating. The enormous animals weigh as much as 200 tons and feed only on tiny krill, which means hours of their time is devoted to feeding.

Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet, and each year they undertake one of the longest migrations. After spending the summer in the Northeast Pacific, ...