Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet. They are powerful swimmers that migrate long distances to feed and breed, and live in every ocean except the Arctic. On average, they live around 80 ...

Researchers detected a drop in blue whale songs off the coast of California following a marine heat wave. A six-year study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) showed songs detected ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

Critically endangered whales are ringing in the new year on the Space Coast. A mama and her first baby were spotted swimming in Melbourne. The sighting is important because North Atlantic Right Whales ...

The North Atlantic right whale population increased 2.1% between 2023 and 2024 Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty The North Atlantic right whale population estimate has increased by 2.1%, ...

The intimate family lives of blue whales, including a blue whale nursing its calf underwater, has been revealed in extraordinary footage captured in a project led by an international marine ecologist ...