Blue whales might be some of the most iconic creatures on the planet, but for all their impressive features, there’s still ...

The whaling industry nearly drove blue whales to extinction, and although their numbers continue to teeter across the globe, many changes have been made in the Pacific waters that have proven to ...

Blue whales are singular in the animal kingdom, ... In 1931, during the heyday of whaling, an astounding 29,000 blue whales were killed in a single season. 11. Their Future Remains Uncertain .

Between 1998-2018 only one blue whale was spotted by scientists off the coasts of South Georgia. In February 2020, there were dozens of sightings. ... once a huge whaling hub, ...

The critically-endangered blue whale has returned to the waters near the remote island of South Georgia near Antarctica, almost 100 years after they were nearly made extinct.

But blue whales, which spend most of ... Whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries also culled hundreds of thousands from their ranks; an estimated 10,000 to 25,000 blue whales are thought to remain.

"Within seconds we realized, oh my God, a pack of killer whales is attacking a blue whale," researcher John Totterdell from the Cetacean Research Centre in Australia, told NPR.

Only a small fraction of blue whales survived the era of commercial whaling. For example, only 0.1 percent were left in the Southern Ocean . In total, 2.9 million great whales were harvested.

The whaling industry nearly drove blue whales into extinction, and the fact that enough of them now exist to be preyed on by orcas may hint at population growth.

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are the world's largest animal, capable of reaching an astonishing 110 feet (34 meters) long, around three times longer than a school bus.. The number of these ...

The blue whale skeleton has been on display since 2000. CREDIT: New Bedford Whaling Museum. The carcass was eventually towed to shore and dissected by scientists for research.