SAN DIEGO — Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been sighted along the San Diego coastline, signaling the beginning of the blue whale watching season. The majestic creatures ...

A resident population of blue whales has for many years lived in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka, but in recent years sightings of the animals have declined rapidly. With multiple pressures on ...

Almost 40 years ago, deep in the Pacific, a single voice called out a song unlike any other ... The frequency was much higher than a blue whale or its cousin, the fin whale, leaving scientists ...

As populations of this food source recovered from the marine heat wave, detections of blue whale singing soared. When krill numbers fell again, so did the whales’ songs. Unlike blue whales ...

It’s a crucial time for whales to fatten up, and a new study suggests some whale species announce an abundance of food with songs — but ... numbers declined again, blue whales, which feed ...

Baleen whales are quietly performing an ecological service of global importance. These massive marine mammals don’t just wow ...

During these epic journeys, as well as at their feeding and breeding habitats, humpbacks communicate with each other through song ... whales need to be able to reach their critical habitats without ...

Whale song is something we humans listen to when relaxing – but new research has shown that, as a form of communication, it ain't messing around. A new study has found that certain whale species ...

To investigate what role whale poop may have played in this ecosystem, the study analyzed five stool samples. Two samples were from humpback whales in the Southern Ocean and three were from blue ...

An illustration of the (A) pre-whaling and (B) post-whaling interactions between whales, shrimp-like krill (pink), and photosynthesizing organisms known as phytoplankton (top left of each panel ...