Discover 10 lesser-known facts about the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. Learn about its diet, communication, ...

When the blue whale eats, it simply opens its mouth and lunges forward into a great cloud of krill. The ventral pleats allow its throat to expand like bellows. Then, it uses its baleen to strain much ...

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

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Ocean's Giant The blue whale is a true marvel of the marine world. Known as the largest animal to ever exist on Earth, these ...

The primary purpose of blue whale vocalizations is communication. These marine giants use their calls to establish contact with other whales, locate potential mates, and even navigate the ocean’s vast ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

Whale Watchers Encounter 100-Ft-Long Blue Whale. Image via Depositphotos. This is subspecies of Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with size comparison for scuba ...

There's a reason "antidisestablishmentarianism" is more a piece of trivia than vital to the English language. Because a word ...

According to a press release from Blue Whale Materials, the investment will enable the company to process up to 50,000 tonnes of battery raw materials annually and produce enough valuable critical ...

Supplementary Audio 1 | Audio associated to the series of stereotyped North Atlantic blue whale calls and down-sweeps represented on Figure 2D at 76.6 km, sped up 3.5 times. Supplementary Audio 2 | ...