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Trying to find a whale song in the ocean is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But now, UNSW Sydney researchers say ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ever existed and are found all over the world. Despite their size, these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp that power its baleen-filter feeding. The biggest whale ...

The idea of a battle between a megalodon and a blue whale captures the imagination, though these giants never shared the same oceans. The megalodon, an extinct apex predator, was equipped with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

Whale biologist Carrie Newell spotted four blue whales feeding about 3 to 4 miles offshore from Depoe Bay, Oregon on June 27 — an exceptionally rare event in the state’s coastal waters. Newell, ...

Photo of a large blue whale with bright light on a black background. Insulation.© ARomadov/Shutterstock.com Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A ...

You don’t have to book a beach vacation to see a blue whale this year—just head to the Saint Louis Science Center. Families can come face-to-fin with the largest creature ever to live on Earth when ...

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it? A blue whale swims near ...

Two blue whales were recently spotted by a team of scientists from the New England Aquarium. This marks the first time the aquarium has documented a blue whale in the southern New England survey area.