Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most ...

The heaviest blue whale ever recorded was a victim of whaling, caught in Antarctic waters in 1947. She weighed a whopping 418,878 pounds, which is about the weight of 2,500 average adult humans.

Argentina will make available a Coast Guard vessel in support of the ‘Antarctic Blue Whale Project’ and associated research activities planned for the 201314 season and coming years ...