Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

The giant blue-grey sei whales have made a triumphant return to the waters off Argentina's Patagonian coast, more than a century after relentless hunting drove them to the brink of extinction in ...

many people think of giant whales, squid or octopuses with infinite tentacles or sharks that would scare the wits out of Martin Brody and Quint, the main characters in Spielberg's first film about ...

Thousands of blue whales roam the oceans and the giant mammals give birth every two to three years. But the births are very stealthy, with calves rarely sighted. Given pregnancy rates as high as 33-50 ...

But the true size and shape of this extinct giant probably doesn't resemble ... which is the average size of a blue whale and roughly equal to the height of the White House. Finding out details ...

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Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story. Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding ...

To study lunge-feeding behaviour blue whales are tagged with cameras ... a super-expandable throat pouch that accommodates these giant gulps of water and fish or krill. The mouth then closes ...

This enormous specimen is the biggest of the 80 million that Museum staff care for, and the giant currently greets visitors to the Museum from the ceiling of Hintze Hall. The blue whale is suspended ...

New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.

Thousands of blue whales roam the oceans and the giant mammals give birth every two to three years. But the births are very stealthy, with calves rarely sighted. Given pregnancy rates as high as ...