Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet. They are powerful swimmers that migrate long distances to feed and breed, ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found.

The powerful sounds made by blue whales help them communicate with partners or signal the discovery of abundant food.

It found that humpback whales steadily increased their singing after a severe marine heat wave in 2015. The heat wave, ...

"It is thought that in the right oceanographic conditions, sounds emitted by blue whales can be heard by other whales up to 1,000 miles away," according to NOAA Fisheries. "Scientists think they use ...

A battle between a megalodon and a blue whale sounds thrilling on paper, but in reality, these giants were separated by ...

Blue whales have been singing less, and it could be a bellwether of climate change. Warming oceans affect the availability of their only food source, krill, and according to a study published in the ...

Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at ...

“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,” ...