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 ...

This doesn’t make sense; though blue whales are far rarer today than they were before the rise of commercial whaling, scientists know that mature females calve roughly every two to three years.

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. ... As whaling technology improved, hunters were able to pursue blue whales in the open oceans.

There are estimated to be 10,000 to 25,000 blue whales in the world. Those numbers are considered a fraction of their past population before rampant whaling decimated their numbers in the 19th and ...

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.

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see some “great species diversity.” The “abundant” amount of krill in ...

In Australia, rescuers sprang into action to free a humpback calf from a deadly shark net as its mother watched. Off Timor-Leste, rare footage showed a blue whale nursing her calf — offering a glimpse ...

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been sighted along the San Diego coastline, signaling the beginning of the blue whale watching season.