The blue whale has the loudest voice in the world. It can emit long rumbling “songs” louder than a jet engine and loud enough ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the Large Whale Entanglement Response Network freed a humpback whale that had been entangled in crab traps off Monterey since October ...

Tourists and researchers on a whale-watching boat off the coast of Western Australia got a little more action than they ...

Imagine looking at a majestic blue whale gliding effortlessly through the ocean, the largest animal on Earth. Now, picture ...

About 100 of the whales have been spotted in the Gulf of Thailand, according to the Bangkok Post. Bryde’s whales are considered medium size, reaching lengths between 42 and 49 feet, according to the ...

Sperm whales, the planet’s largest toothed predator, have incredibly complex social structures and cultural practices. During a recent WWF-backed research expedition around Greece’s northwestern ...

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are massive even as newborn babies. A newborn blue whale can weigh as much as 8,800 pounds. These large marine mammals need to eat a lot of food to have enough ...

Of all the animals in the world, both on the land and in the sea, there are none bigger than the blue whale. This giant cetacean dates back as early as 1.5 million years ago and has roamed the seas ...

Hordes of bright blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures are washing up on beaches across California. As of Monday, thousands of the critters — called velella velella or by-the-wind sailors — have been ...

Worldwide whale protection did not set in until almost a century later, and the years in between brought these giant mammals to near ruin. During the 1930-31 season, for instance, 29,410 blue ...

The whistle, intended to get the attention of the 8,000-pound animals swimming around in the tank, saved his life on occasion, but it easily could have cost him his life if a whale had grabbed it ...