“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” ...

The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of California, frightening scientists who believe it is an indication of greater ecosystem danger. Scientists tracked the auditory ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

Whale biologist Carrie Newell spotted four blue whales feeding about 3 to 4 miles offshore from Depoe Bay, Oregon on June 27 — an exceptionally rare event in the state’s coastal waters. Newell, ...

Nature enthusiasts from across the country on Thursday hopped on board a full-day boating adventure in the hopes of getting an up-close encounter with the largest animal on Earth -- the blue whale.

It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of the blue whale—the largest animal ever to live on Earth. A detail like that ...