Blue Whales are the largest animal ever to have lived, but just reading that doesn’t quite convey their colossal proportions. They are bigger than the biggest dinosaur and weigh as much as 200 cars.

Sienna Miller informs Meryl Streep that she is the last humpback whale on Earth in EW's exclusive look (above) at Extrapolations, Scott Z. Burns' upcoming climate change drama. The eight-episode ...

Killer whales are known for being intelligent, which makes them powerful hunters. Now, new research shows how they take down one of the planet's largest animals. NPR's Lauren Sommer has more. LAUREN ...

There was cheering and shouting far off shore on July 4 when a local whale watch boat enjoyed a rare sighting of the largest animal on the planet — a blue whale. Excitement ran through the boat, the ...

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Arctic giants, bowhead whales, possess incredible adaptations for survival in freezing, ice-covered waters. Their massive ...

There may be fewer than 100 Rice's whales left in the Gulf of Mexico, but the Department of the Interior doesn't believe that should stop ships from traveling as fast as they choose. Reading time 3 ...

GLOUCESTER — There was cheering and shouting far off shore on Thursday when a local whale watch boat enjoyed a rare sighting of the largest animal on the planet – a blue whale. Excitement ran through ...