A pod of more than 60 orcas hunted and killed an estimated 18-metre-long pygmy blue whale off Western Australia's south coast ...

Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth, with some mature adults reaching 100 feet and tipping the ...

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing ...

A mysterious whale that has long puzzled scientists may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath ...

Time spent sewn up in a whale wasn’t the only curious historical treatment for rheumatism. Elixirs of dubious origin promised ...

Once four-legged land animals, whales evolved from ancestors Pakicetus, which lived along ancient Pakistani shores ...

The Antarctic blue whale holds the title of the largest animal to have ever lived, reaching lengths of up to 30 metres and weighing as much as 180 tons—equivalent to about 36 elephants.

A complete carcass of a fin whale was discovered off the coast of Yilan County, the first time the world’s second-largest marine mammal has been discovered in its entirety near Taiwan, the Taiwan ...

Whales, the ocean's largest creatures, were once land-dwelling animals that walked on four legs. Around 50 million years ago, their ancestors roamed the shores, evolving into the marine giants we know ...

Whale watching season has begun off the coast of San Diego, and in at least one case, it’s had an unforgettable beginning.

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