The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

They are literally the most big-hearted creatures in world. But have you ever realized just how gigantic a blue whale’s ticker actually is? These pictures show one beached whale’s colossal heart, ...

MONTEREY — Blue whales, the largest animals known to ever exist, weigh as much as 300,000 pounds — equal to the weight of plastic waste that ends up in the ocean every nine minutes. That statistic ...

The question is not why are whales big but why are whales not bigger? The blue whales reached weights of 150 tons prewhaling. To appreciate how massive a blue whale is, consider it would take 15 ...

Monterey Bay Whale Watch spotted their first blue whale of the season on June 20, the organization announced. A video taken that morning shows an aerial view of the massive mammal gliding just beneath ...

Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to exist. Bigger than dinosaurs, bigger than mastodons, a blue whale can reach up to almost 100 feet long and have been weighed at as much as 191 tons.

Long before he helped design a life-size blue whale exhibit for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Richard Ellis was enchanted with the ocean and the mysterious creatures that swam in ...

A whale of a guest is making a splash in Santa Fe this Earth Day. Her name is Ethyl—a life-size blue whale sculpture made entirely of recycled plastic and steel. Meow Wolf is partnering with Santa Fe ...

Drone footage recorded on June 19 captured a curious blue whale swimming close to a boat off of the coast of San Diego and the whale’s sheer size would make anyone stare in awe. RELATED: Veterinarian ...

A battle between a megalodon and a blue whale sounds thrilling on paper, but in reality, these giants were separated by millions of years, which might be for the best. The megalodon, an enormous shark ...