These big babies can outweigh several of the most popular small car models. In fact, these titanic infants are the largest ...

Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story. Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They return to warmer regions such as the Gulf of California and the eastern ...

Krill make up the vast majority of a blue whale's diet. The blue whale is a filter-feeder. Its throat has an expandable, pleated structure to engulf a volume of water and prey that is greater than the ...

The "Blue Whale Challenge" is spreading across social media, and the results could be deadly for its teenage players Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE.

Feeding while migrating is thought to be essential for a streamlined species like the pygmy blue whale that has less capacity to store fat and needs to feed to fuel its migrations. "Supplemental ...