Gliding gracefully through the marine waters, the blue whale is considered to be the largest creature to have ever existed. This behemoth can reach up to 110 feet long and weigh over 160 tons. Almost ...

John Calambokidis stood on the bow of the Salty Lady like an old sea captain, his long white hair and beard blowing in the wind, and pointed out two blue whales surfacing on the starboard side.

As the smallest of the group of baleen whales that includes the blue whale - filter-feeding behemoths of the marine realm - the Antarctic minke whale aptly can be called the littlest giant.

An unusually large number of blue whales and fin whales were seen off the coast of Dana Point on Saturday afternoon, feeding on the ocean’s surface. Dave Anderson of Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and ...

Blue whales calves don’t attach to their mother when they feed – she releases oily milk into the water, which is then swallowed by the calf. The feeding calf in the video is large, says ...

Blue whales could be accidentally eating 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, according to new research suggesting filter-feeding whales could be the most vulnerable marine species to ...

the blue whale. These whales eat their food using a clever system called filter feeding. Baleen whales have a special structure in their mouth that enables them to filter feed. Instead of teeth, they ...

Typically, blue whales, the largest mammal on Earth, come around during summer months, but this one has been feeding with the fin whales. This blue whale is also special, blowing mostly out of ...

to right whales and basking sharks skim feeding side by side, to groups of humpbacks, pods of dolphins, and a blue whale—all brought here by a large amount of prey in the Gulf of Maine." ...

Researchers estimate that blue whales may each consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day during their main feeding season as they chow down on plastic-filled prey. When you ...

Lunge feeding whales accelerate toward a patch of prey, engulf a huge volume of water, and then filter out the prey through the baleen plates in their mouths. This strategy is used by the largest ...