Whales may be known as gentle giants, but they still have a looming presence as the world’s loudest and largest animals. The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 ...

For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed “energetic budget” for Hawaiʻi’s short-finned pilot whales, ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

Short-finned pilot whales love eating squid, and boy do they stuff themselves with it, new research finds. Here’s some ...

On July 11, Monterey Bay Whale Watch encountered two creatures from the largest species on Earth. “We got to see 2 blue whales yesterday,” the organization said in a Facebook post. Weighing up to ...

Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The largest blue whale ever recorded weighed over 199 tons. Even average-sized blue ...