Scientists think that ancient humans were crafting whale bone instruments in places including the Arctic and South Pacific.

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed ... Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can ...

Fin whales are the second largest species of whale on Earth, right behind the mammoth blue whale. Adults can grow up to 90 feet long, a little bigger than two school buses. The research team ...

Japan’s Fisheries Agency this year added fin whales to its list of three whale species that can be legally hunted as the country expands commercial whaling along its coast. Japan resumed ...

You can get in touch with Amir by emailing a.daftari@newsweek.com. Languages: English and Farsi Fresh fin whale meat was auctioned in Japan for the first time in nearly 50 years, with prices ...

Two of the dead whales – a right whale that washed up on Martha's Vineyard and a fin whale that washed up ... a workable solution instead of denying facts and dragging its feet to make changes ...

Fin whales, which can measure up to 85 feet long and weigh 80 tons, are the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale. They eat krill and small fish, gobbling their prey as they ...

Barbara Mahoney, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told the Anchorage Daily News that the whale was likely between 1 and 3 years old. Fin whales, the second ...

You may like Whales: Facts about the largest animals on Earth ... In recent years, the country has also imported fin-whale meat from Iceland, according to OceanCare. The International Union ...

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal's death. The carcass ...