Blue Whale songs consist of an A call, a series of pulses, followed by a long, low moan called the B call. This A-B sequence is repeated over and over again, approximately once every 130 seconds.

Krill make up the vast majority of a blue whale's diet. The blue whale is a filter-feeder ... The water it takes in at the same time as its food is pushed out of the mouth by its enormous tongue, ...

The heart of a blue whale can weigh up to 1,300 pounds, while its tongue can weigh 5,400 pounds ... The blue whale is found throughout the world’s oceans, except for the Arctic.

Did I mention we were after a white whale? It's true. In the eastern North Pacific population of blue whales—the group that summers mostly off California and whose migration we were following ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A blue whale’s heart can beat as few as two times a minute. The discovery comes from data collected during researchers’ first few attempts to ...

Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story. Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding ...

The blue whale is the biggest ... of their mother's milk every 24 hours and grow by 200 pounds (91 kg) each day. There are many more toothed whale species than baleen whale species — 77 species ...

The blue whale is ... most countries, some whale species still have very small populations and are considered vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. Cuvier's beaked whales hold the ...