One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest dinosaurs to have ever roamed the planet. That's right: The biggest whale ...

Last year, the Blue Planet’s heaviest ever animal lost its ... that the ancient animal — though only half as long as a blue whale — could be double its weight. It was no light-duty claim ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

The sperm whale is the largest toothed predator on the planet and the master of the open ocean. The aim of the Blue Planet II team was to capture an intimate family portrait of sperm whales ...

A blue whale photographed in September 2010.NOAA The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny ...

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 ...

FORT BRAGG, CA., 1/28/25 — The bones of a 73-foot blue whale are stored in a barn in Mendocino, awaiting their permanent home ...

The Tulsa Oilers, who are rebranded as the Route 66 Blue Whales for Friday and Saturday, dropped the opening game against the Fort Wayne Comets 3-2 in overtime on Friday night at the BOK Center.

Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...