Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Baleen whales eat between 10 and 20 tons a day, a 2021 Nature report found. That’s the caloric equivalent of eating 70-80 thousand Big Macs per day, the researchers told NPR. Blue whales are ...

Did you know that whales help keep the ocean healthy by spreading nutrients far and wide? These massive creatures don’t just ...

Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Blue whale births remain unseen because they occur in winter, when researchers typically aren't observing them. By the time ...

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western ...

The finding indicates whale songs could serve as a barometer for their overall health, the study said. ‘It is a window into their lives.’ ...

By listening in on their songs from year to year, a team of scientists found variations in their tunes based on the species that are available for them to eat ... blue, fin, and humpback whales.

Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences and NOAA-NMFS Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Spanning more octaves than a ...