The longest blue whale on record was also a female killed by whalers, this time in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1909. She was just over 110 feet long. Those two individuals stand as the largest ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...

Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story. Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding ...

Five families of orcas joined forces to hunt down and feed on a blue whale, the largest creature on the planet, in what was an extremely rare sighting off Australia. More than 60 orcas worked ...

10. Portland: Cape Bridgewater, Portland Harbour and Portland Whale Viewing Platform are the top spots in Portland for ...

Humpback whales are a favourite for whale watchers, as they frequently ... the farthest of any mammal. The longest recorded migration was 5,160 miles (8,300 km). They usually migrate here from ...