Scientists in Sonora are searching for clues about what happened to missing whale populations — and what the creatures that ...

With only slight interference from the 3,000 odd fish in the main 100-foot tank at Marineland, the Rev. Mike Maxon marries stuntwoman Corna Day and professional diver Jack Tyree in Rancho Palos Verdes ...

Scientists in Indonesia have tagged a pygmy blue whale for the first time using a drone. Data from the tag revealed a previously unknown path used by the species on its southern migration from ...

You think the blue whale is the largest creature on Earth? Think again. In this video, we dive into the strange truth about the world’s biggest living organism — and it’s not something you can see all ...

Step inside the Seymour Marine Research Center at the University of California at Santa Cruz and be prepared to be "swallowed up" by a whale of a tale. Almost 50 years ago, Ms. Blue died off the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp that power its baleen-filter feeding. The biggest whale ...

The world’s oceans harbor some of the most magnificent creatures on our planet—behemoths that, despite their size, often remain mysterious to us land-dwellers. These marine giants are not just ...

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Some nights, when I should be doing something sensible or useful, I end up looking at pictures of blue whales and feeling very, very tiny. We talk a lot about the megafauna that are gone – mammoths, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

Explore the astonishing world of giant sea creatures beyond the famous blue whale. Scientists have discovered incredible animals that rival or even surpass the blue whale in size and mystery. Dive ...