While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” its color is more a reflection of the water it swims in — its skin is actually ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a ...

Blue whales are primarily solitary animals. They sometimes gather to feed in groups, when they are breeding, or when mothers are with young. Blue whales are known for their use of a variety of ...

A new study has quantified the risk for whale-ship collisions worldwide for four geographically widespread ocean giants that are threatened by shipping: blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.

Despite high-profile accidents, a comprehensive global picture of the risks posed by shipping to whales has remained elusive.

In a University of Washington-led paper published in the journal Science, UC Santa Barbara researchers add some clarity to that picture and it’s sobering: Global shipping traffic overlaps with about ...

The most recent estimate in 2004 put Antarctic blue whales at less than 1% of their pre-whaling levels. A new study shows that, though these whales feed in different ocean basins, they appear to ...

Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the ...

The largest proportion of risk was focused in the Indian Ocean, where around 22% of whale strike hotspots were found. This is ...

Is it going to be a "banner season" for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in Bay? Why at least one researcher ...