Whale songs provide key insight into ocean ecology, allowing scientists to make estimations on the prevalence of the species ...

When Anderson arrived, she said she watched four blue whales that were likely feeding on krill in the area. They typically ...

PBS is taking a whale of a risk. “Big Blue Live,” the station’s first live nature special, hopes to capture the migration of humpback whales, blue whales, sea lions, elephant seals, sea ...

Summer is an intense time for blue whales off the coast of central California. During the daytime, the enormous marine mammals must gobble up tons of krill daily to prepare for their epic ...

In 1998, researchers photographed and collected DNA from a female pygmy blue whale off the coast of the Galapagos Islands. Eight years later, another team did the same with a similar-looking whale ...

PBS is promising a whale of a time during “Big Blue Live,” a three-night event capturing the world’s longest migration — one of nature’s great reality shows &#x20… ...

During migration season (which is year round!), to ease the threat of vessels striking whales, federal officials say small boaters and large vessel operators should be on alert for endangered ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. It's also among the loudest. "Sound is a vital mode of communication in the ocean environment, especially over long distances," said William ...

The historic population of blue whales, prior to commercial hunting, has been estimated at 200,000. Today there are anywhere from 5,000-12,000 blue whales in the world, 2,000 of which inhabit the ...

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest extant animals, exhibit a complex interplay of ecological and behavioural adaptations that allow them to thrive in vast, heterogeneous oceanic ...