In the grainy video, the calf can be seen swimming beneath its ... the waters of Timor-Leste really are providing blue whale scientists with some of our first glimpses into the private lives ...

CAPE ROMAIN, S.C. – Witness accounts from boaters off the coast of the Carolinas indicate a possible promising sign for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population as three ...

Although its commercial importance has dwindled, it is the largest animal that ever lived. Some specimens are 100 feet long and weigh 150 tons. A blue whale calf grows at a rate of 200 pounds per day!

After a gestation period that lasts nearly a year, the female blue whale gives birth to a single calf on her return to the region. Female blue whales feed heavily in the summer because they ...