The biggest cetacean in the world is the blue whale, whose scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus. Despite some people’s ...

A 40-million-year-old fossilised whale previously thought to be the heaviest animal of all time is now thought to weigh less than a blue whale. The huge, 17-metre-long whale, which was believed to ...

Talking about large marine animals always leads to thinking about the books of Jules Verne, the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, the books that led to films such as 'Jaws' and al ...

I can’t remember if I’ve seen a whale”. A close encounter with one of these larger-than-life leviathans is a life-changing ...

is evidence that the animal had not completely passed the adolescent stage of Flower, and that in any case 75 feet is a small measure ment for a really adult blue whale. The digits shown in the ...

Nov. 15, 2024 — Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300.

A dead whale is washed up on the Delaware River near Pigeon Point, just north of Delaware Memorial Bridge. Ritter Dragonfly ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and economy found in language ...