Blue whales were once almost lost as a species due to worldwide commercial whaling activities in the early 1900s. "It was subject to whaling so humans almost drove it extinct," said Catherine Kilduff, ...

A blue whale spotted seven miles southwest of Point Loma Monday marks an unusually early arrival for the species. Captain ...

Privateer spotted the largest animal in the world, a blue whale, while on a marine science field trip near Point Loma, and ...

Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, and they spend much of their lives roaming the deep ocean, where they feed on vast amounts of krill. Blue whales usually inhabit the open sea and are ...

An early season blue whale sighting has ocean watchers hopeful there will be more of the world’s largest animal showing up ...

Last month, a blue whale was spotted off the coast in waters near Rhode Island by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life — an “unusual occurrence,” according to a NEAQ press ...

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Preserving just 4 percent of the ocean could protect crucial habitat for the vast majority of marine mammal species, from sea otters to blue whales, according to researchers at Stanford University and ...

Trying to find a whale song in the ocean is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But now, UNSW Sydney researchers say ...