New footage from Hawaiian waters shows something that should be impossible: unlikely companions sharing dinner without any ...

Blue whales are one of nature’s most incredible creatures. They're not just the largest animals on Earth, but also ...

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 ...

and fin whales are a very good indicator for blue whales, especially if we can tell if the fin whales are eating krill, which we could because the fin whale poop was red, and red means they're ...

A newborn blue whale can weigh as much as 8,800 pounds. These large marine mammals need to eat a lot of food to have enough energy to live. They eat krill, and they eat a lot of it. A blue whale ...

Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences and NOAA-NMFS Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Spanning more octaves than a ...

Sovca is also a co-author on this latest study that calculates the overlap between the krill that whales need to eat to survive and ... [Related: How do blue whales find food?

Suddenly, a giant blue whale jumps out of the water, leaving you amazed. This is the magic of whale watching in Baja’s Loreto, a hidden gem on the Baja Peninsula that promises an unforgettable ...

However, instead of Big Macs, blue whales primarily eat huge amounts of krill. “The presence of Blue whales in the bay heavily depends on the availability of their prey — krill,” Monterey Ba ...

The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds ... Whales with baleen, a filter-feeding system, eat smaller prey like krill, zooplankton and small fish by swallowing large gulps of ...