The average length of a blue whale is about 90 feet, almost as long as a basketball court, and they weigh an average of 300,000 pounds. That's about 150 times the weight of a bison, the largest ...

Until now, the blue whale was widely considered to be the heaviest animal of all time, weighing up to 200 tons and sometimes ...

If there’s anywhere Team Lemon (formerly Team Mako) and Team Great White may find common ground, it’s megalodon speed. Rather ...

A mysterious whale that has long puzzled scientists may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

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 ...

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.

This blue whale skull is one of the largest in any collection on earth. Chris Gunn By the turn of the 20th century, the United States National Museum—now the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries ...