The biggest cetacean in the world is the blue whale, whose scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus. Despite some people’s ...
Scientists found that blue whale calves are rarely seen because research happens in summer, but calves are born in winter.
“My conceptual model can explain the mystery of the missing calves: Blue whales produce calves, or give birth, shortly after ...
Only two births of a blue whale have ever been recorded. Mother and calf pairs are also sighted much more rarely than might be expected. The reason, new research suggests, has to do with where and ...
Cornell University researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers—offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective way to monitor this critically endangered ...
Researchers at the University of Manitoba identified two small, genetically distinct populations of killer whales, or orcas, ...
The show, narrated by Tom Hanks, offers glimpses of critters large and small. And capturing that footage is no small feat.
Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing 157 false killer whales that stranded on a remote Australian beach.