Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The ...

Blue whales eat krill - tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that live throughout Earth's oceans. The huge whales can eat up to four tonnes of krill every day. Blue whales lunge through large swarms of krill ...

Six million years ago, those same geologic forces severed the connection between the Baja peninsula and the mainland, forming ...

Visitors to Santa Cruz's Seymour Marine Discovery Center can experience the iconic whale skeleton known as Ms. Blue as ...

Caption A blue whale, the largest vertebrate animal ever in the history of life, engulfs krill off the coast of California. Photograph authorized under National Marine Fisheries Service permit ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

These colossal cetaceans often reach 30 metres in length and can weigh up to 180 tonnes - so they need to eat a lot to keep them swimming. But despite their enormous size, blue whales feed almost ...

When krill numbers fell again, so did the whales’ songs. Unlike blue whales, humpback whales can also eat anchovies and sardines, and their choruses returned when there was a population ...

Blue whales can eat as much as 6 tons (5.4 metric tons) — about the same weight as an African elephant — of krill every day. Blue whales are massive even at birth. When they are born ...

The length of a blue whale - 30 metres - is equivalent to a class of children or three buses. Whales eat krill. Each mouthful is 40,000 litres. A blue whale is equivalent in weight to 25 elephants ...

A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ...