“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on ... While you may imagine that blue whales have no real ocean predators due to their enormous size, they are at risk from killer whales ...

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.

A new study by Trevor Branch, a professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, suggests a hypothesis to explain why ...

Blue whale calves and births have seldom been documented. A new study may help unravel the mystery. Photo from NOAA Fisheries Service Despite being members of the largest species on the planet ...

The pose our Diplodocus cast held in Hintze Hall from 1993 to 2017 In summer 2017, the Diplodocus cast was replaced by the real skeleton of a blue whale, suspended from the ceiling. The whale was ...

Moby is the harder of the two whales to catch. First, you need to ensure that whales are caught before you even go try to get Moby, as it won’t be caught if others aren’t gotten first. Second, Moby’s ...

In fact, just two blue whale births have ever been documented — off South Africa in 1911, and off Sri Lanka in 1946. And sightings of calves are remarkably rare, falling far below what should be ...