If all goes as planned, the skeleton — after help from scientists and specialists from around the world — will be fully reassembled in May outside the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, inexperienced target guarded by a single adult. However, orcas cannot reach ...

As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently experienced two back-two-back sightings of blue whales —a little déjà blue ...

Whale watching charter owners said they couldn’t remember a time over the last decade when blue whales, the earth’s largest mammals, showed up this late off Southern California. In recent years, their ...

Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, and they spend much of their lives roaming the deep ocean, where they feed ...

Blue Whales going silent has become a growing concern for scientists around the world. These gentle giants, known for their deep and powerful underwater songs, are now calling out less and less. In ...

A team of scientists from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted two blue whales, including this one, 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard on Feb. 28. Scientists with ...

You’d think such a massive creature would be an apex predator, but blue whales are actually gentle giants of the ocean. Let’s talk about twelve facts that make blue whales truly amazing. 1. Blue ...

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery, given there used to be hundreds of thousands of blue whales before whaling ...