MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive. In 2021 ...

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

Unraveling the mystery of rarely seen blue whale calves. Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery, given there ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

Despite being members of the largest species on the planet, young blue whales have long managed to elude human detection. In fact, just two blue whale births have ever been documented — off ...

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are endangered, with current estimates of between 10,000 and 25,000 individuals remaining in the world's oceans, with only 5,000 to 15,000 of those having ...

King of the Blue Ocean–or KOBO–is one of the museum’s signature attractions. The blue whale was accidentally struck by a vessel in 1998 and brought to the museum two years later.

That’s because Rocha said the rare blue whale skeleton is actually leaking oil. KOBO, short for “King of the Blue Ocean,” has been on display at the museum for 24 years now.

MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive. In 2021 ...