A crew from the UC Santa Cruz carpentry shop on Monday meticulously disassembled “Ms. Blue,” the iconic 87-foot-long blue whale skeleton next to Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz. The ...

Whale biologist Carrie Newell spotted four blue whales feeding about 3 to 4 miles offshore from Depoe Bay, Oregon on June 27 — an exceptionally rare event in the state’s coastal waters. Newell, ...

The summertime blues are back. Blue whales, the world’s largest animal, are showing up in big numbers off the Southern California coast this season, a welcome return for ocean and wildlife enthusiasts ...

The blue whale has long been considered the largest animal to have ever existed, even dwarfing the biggest known dinosaurs. But now a new species threatens to steal the crown, and upends what we ...

The episode, witnessed off the Australian coast, offers a rare glimpse into the brutal efficiency of the ocean’s top predator. Reading time 2 minutes Every summer, an area of deep underwater canyons ...

Researchers completed genomic research on carcasses of the largest animals that have ever lived to understand North Atlantic whale populations. By Darren Incorvaia Darren Incorvaia previously wrote ...

Move over, blue whales. There could be a new heavyweight champ in town. Fossilized vertebrae and ribs from a newly discovered ancient whale suggest that it could have outweighed modern blue whales, ...

An artist's interpretation of what Perucetus colossus would have looked like when it lived some 38 million years ago Alberto Gennari The world has a new contender for the heaviest animal that ever ...