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.

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

In rare sightings, scientists spotted endangered blue whales during two aerial surveys 24 hours apart off the coast of New ...

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

The sighting marks the first time endangered blue whales have been recorded in this area of Massachusetts waters.

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Tidal Raves in Depoe Bay serves up migrating gray whales with your seafood platter, and suddenly every other dining ...

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A stunning image of a rare white humpback whale has won the grand prize of World Nature Photographer of the Year 2026. Jono Allen’s image of a calf and its mother was taken in Vava’u, Tonga. Humpback ...

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Australian photographer Jono Allen has captured what many may never see in a lifetime: a white humpback whale calf – an animal born with a lack of pigmentation so rare it occurs in just 1 in 40,000 ...