Some blue whale populations were reduced by ninety-nine one-hundredths, and the species tipped at the very brink of extinction. For Bruce Mate and John Calambokidis, the head scientists aboard ...

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.

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...

A North Atlantic right whale was spotted with her new calf off Florida's east coast Feb. 23. The whales are among the most ...

blue whale and Florida manatee. Each of these species is already so depleted that the loss of only a few individuals can mean the difference between moving toward recovery or being pushed further ...