Blue whales are actually more gray than blue, but they appear blue underwater. Blue whales weigh up to 330,000 pounds (149,686 kg) and are up to 110 feet (33.5 meters) long — that's longer than ...

Blue whales have sleek, streamlined bodies to aid in their navigation through the ocean. Their smooth skin is a mottled grey-blue color, while their underbellies can have a yellowish tint due to ...

SAN DIEGO — Divers off the coast of La Jolla made an extraordinary discovery last week when they spotted the carcass of a ...

No one has ever witnessed the birth of a blue whale. Gray, humpback, and right whales—the baleen species that have been studied at their calving grounds—seem to feed little, if at all ...

"I saw my first blue whale and just about every year since ... it's so powerful you can feel it vibrating through your body. It's a rumble." Gray whales have long been a staple along the SoCal ...

The bones of a 73-foot blue whale are stored in a barn in Mendocino, awaiting their permanent home in the Ocean Science ...

Gray, blue, humpback, sperm and fin whales take over, and those eager to see them book tours in fast-moving zodiac boats and catamarans. These excursions often double as sightseeing tours ...

and the third known whale to have washed up along the state's coastline. The aquarium said the calf was a 12-foot-long gray whale. It washed ashore near the wreck of the Peter Iredale ...

Drone Footage Provides New Insight Into Gray Whales' Acrobatic Feeding Behavior Sep. 25, 2024 — Drone footage is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in ...