They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating long distances between ...

These big babies can outweigh several of the most popular small car models. In fact, these titanic infants are the largest ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences and NOAA-NMFS Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Spanning more octaves than a ...

Thousands of blue whales roam the oceans and the giant mammals give birth every two to three years. But the births are very stealthy, with calves rarely sighted. Given pregnancy rates as high as ...

Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales -- the largest animals to ever live on the Earth -- are not known and were not included in the primary calculations of the new study. In the Southern Ocean ...