The blue whale tagged by the researchers. The team found that during dives, the animal's heart rate could drop as low as two beats per minute.

Researchers deploying a digital heart rate recording tag as a blue whale surfaces to breathe. Image: ( M.S. Savoca) The researchers managed to attach their device next to the flipper of a 15-year ...

Dr. Goldbogen credits the blue whale’s flexible aortic arch, which is able to hold about 90 percent of the animals’ blood and slowly release it even when the heart isn’t actively beating.

Recently, Harsh Goenka shared a picture of a preserved blue whale heart on Twitter, which weighs 400 pounds (181 kg), measures 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall, and has been on display at the Royal ...

Mr Goenka shared the picture and wrote, ''This is the preserved heart of a blue whale which weighs 181 kg. It measures 1.2 meters wide and 1.5 meters tall and its heartbeat can be heard from more ...

The EKG data shows that a single beat of the blue whale’s heart takes about 1.8 seconds, which means its heart can only beat roughly 33 times per minute.

The heart of a blue whale can weigh up to 1,300 pounds, while its tongue can weigh 5,400 pounds, which is the average weight of an adult female elephant. Blue whales have sleek, ...

Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the ...