Like all marine mammals, blue whales give birth to live young. Female blue whales reach sexual maturity around 5 to 15 years, at which time they can start birthing the largest babies in the animal ...

Imagine giving birth to a 1360 kg baby. That's practically the weight of a small car. But it's the typical size of a newborn blue whale. The biggest baby in the animal kingdom. When they nurse ...

Whales are weird. The Cetacea clade contains the largest animal to ever live—the blue whale—as well as other gigantic baleen whales and a diverse array of toothed whales, including dolphins, porpoises ...

In winter and early spring, you'll catch a glimpse of gray whales migrating south to give birth to their calves ... In summer and fall, blue whales are often found swimming in the waters ...