Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, and they spend much of their lives roaming the deep ocean, where they feed on vast amounts of krill. Blue whales usually inhabit the open sea and are ...

As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...

At least 30 blue whales have been spotted in the waters of Loreto Bay National Park this season ...

What researchers spotted off Cape Cod and the Vineyard recently is something they almost never see in these waters.

Last month, a blue whale was spotted off the coast in waters near Rhode Island by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life — an “unusual occurrence” according to a NEAQ press ...

A Sri Lankan voice that reshaped Global Marine Science Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. At a recent ...

The longest animal on Earth isn’t what you think. It’s a drifting, gelatinous predator whose reach reshapes how we define ...

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sighting took place in Loreto Bay National Park (PNBL) and caps an unprecedented whale watching season, which begins annually in December.

Researchers documented three endangered blue whales in two New England locations within 24 hours — rare sightings outside their usual Canadian feeding grounds.

Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue whales, sperm whales, and humpback whales (all mammals) are larger. The ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...