Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.

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

Q. You wrote that blue whales are the largest mammals. What are the largest and smallest animals of other groups? What ecological problems do animals confront by being extremely big ...

Q. You wrote that blue whales are the largest mammals. What are the largest and smallest animals of other groups? What ecological problems do animals confront by being extremely big or extremely small ...

A southern right whale swims with its calves in the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 5, 2022. Southern right whales are no longer reproducing at normal rates due to climate-induced changes ...

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

Observers with New England Aquarium said it's the first time they have documented blue whales in their southern New England ...

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Seeing blue whales outside of their Canadian feeding grounds is rare in the Atlantic. The Western North Atlantic population ...

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes Submit a question At about the age of 20 At about the ...

While the blue whale holds the title as both the largest and heaviest animal ever known, other whale species can weigh between 200,000 and 300,000 pounds, with hearts that weigh as much as a small ...