Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp that power its baleen-filter feeding. The biggest whale ...

As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently ...

You don’t have to book a beach vacation to see a blue whale this year—just head to the Saint Louis Science Center. Families can come face-to-fin with the largest creature ever to live on Earth when ...

The blue whale, which uses baleen to filter its prey from ocean water and can reach lengths of over 100 feet, is the largest vertebrate animal that has ever lived. On the list of the planet’s most ...

A massive sea creature was spotted in California, the group said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A massive sea creature was spotted off the coast of California, leaving onlookers “excited.” On June 8, a ...

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. There ...

THIS IS MS. BLUE. SHE'S A GIANT, 87-FOOT-LONG, BLUE WHALE SKELETON AT THE SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER IN SANTA CRUZ. "MISS BLUE IS ICONIC BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, SHE'S BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR ...