The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet and weighing more than 300 ...

Scientists have finally solved a decades-old mystery with the first-ever live encounter of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale.

There are only 370 right whales left. If human activity doesn't change, the population may not be large enough to continue to ...

Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...

Free-diving instructor Emily Marzilli and her friends had a close encounter with a Bryde's whale while observing a large ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains ...

For more than two months, they subsisted mostly on raw fish and "a precious three liters of potable water that William," then ...

When Stephen Kesler first designed his “Out of the Blue” sculpture that now looms over Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th neighborhood, he had no idea how big an effect the artwork, known as “the whale,” ...

When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior recognized ...

A chance encounter at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has led to the restoration of a long-time, massive display of a blue whale skeleton display at the university. Forty-six years ago, a ...