When University of Pisa paleontologists first found a prehistoric whale's skeleton 13 years ago among rocks in southern ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Blue whale births remain unseen because they occur in winter, when researchers typically aren't observing them. By the time ...

Blue whales might be some of the most iconic creatures on the planet, but for all their impressive features, there’s still plenty we don’t know about them. One particularly confounding mystery ...

But across various blue whale populations, high pregnancy rates of 33–50% annually seem to contradict the average 3.1% rate of sightings of blue whales involving mother-calf pairs.

They are found on every continent and in every ocean, and range in size from tiny bumblebee bats to enormous blue whales ... rodents for their high numbers. Mammal bones, especially skulls ...

Scientists dive into the genomes of whales, elephants, and other animal giants looking for new weapons in the fight against ...

But across various blue whale populations, high pregnancy rates of 33-50% annually seem to contradict the average 3.1% rate of sightings of blue whales involving mother-calf pairs.

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 whale was stranded in Wexford Harbour in Ireland in 1891, ten years after the Museum opened. It was bought by the Museum and first went on display in the Mammal Hall in 1938, where it was ...