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 ...

A vessel speed reduction partnership amongst environmental groups, government agencies at the county and federal level, and ...

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

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

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 ...

To study lunge-feeding behaviour blue whales are tagged with cameras. Rorquals are some of the largest whales on the planet including: blue, fin, and humpback whales. Lunge filter feeding involves ...

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 ...

They had flatter skulls and feeding filters in their mouths. These are called baleen whales, which include blue whales and humpback whales. Others whales keep their teeth - this group includes ...

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