It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species. There ...

“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” ...

Blue whales, the planet’s biggest animals, are becoming quieter, and scientists believe the situation may be more troubling than previously thought. New research has found that the number of blue ...

Size shapes the way animals move, hunt, and survive. For example, in the ocean, ginormous creatures rely on their massive ...

As Lisa Ballance walks around a lengthy column of vertebrae inside a storage facility in Newport, the joy on her face is obvious. “The last known blue whale record on record that stranded in Oregon ...

Santa Monican Mike Vaughan paddle boards alongside a giant blue whale off the coast of Redondo Beach earlier this week. Vaughan said he has spotted blue whales while paddle boarding nearly every day ...

The award-winning actor narrates the documentary that tells the story of blue whales' road to recovery after nearly going extinct. By Christy Piña Associate Editor The film follows two scientific ...

Whale watching charter owners said they couldn’t remember a time over the last decade when blue whales, the earth’s largest mammals, showed up this late off Southern California. In recent years, their ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...