There have been only two recorded instances of the world’s largest animal giving birth in all of human history, both from ...

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 ...

The blue whale is famously the largest animal in the world, but this simple fact doesn't do these creatures justice. They ...

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the longest migration of any mammal,” says Roman. “So they connect areas close to ...

File photo of a blue whale off the coast of Bandon, Oregon. An analysis from the University of Washington finds that blue and ...

Whales of all kinds travel the so-called whale superhighway ... the odds of seeing a whale or two have increased significantly. "I've never seen a blue whale in the wild out here my whole life ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They return to warmer regions such as the Gulf of California and the eastern ...