Scientists and tourists are left in awe after a rare and dramatic encounter on the high seas off the state south coast.

Did I mention we were after a white whale? It's true. In the eastern North Pacific population of blue whales—the group that summers mostly off California and whose migration we were following ...

The largest blue whale ever recorded measured a staggering 33 metres in ... Discover more about the impact we’re having on our planet and what you can do to help. Great white sharks are some of the ...

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.

The frequency was much higher than a blue whale or its cousin, the fin whale, leaving scientists to ponder the mystery of Whale 52. The leviathan has been heard many times since, but never seen.

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 ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.