Data collected can inform the designation of marine protected areas and boost ecotourism opportunities. Read more at ...

This traveling exhibition features a life-sized blue whale skeleton, a full-scale heart model, hands-on games, and interactive experiences.

“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,” ...

There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora’s whale-surfing joyride.Scientists tracking humpback whales off the coast of Australia have captured rare footage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The waters off California have grown quieter, and scientists are listening. New research from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Cascadia Research ...

A dead whale sinking to the ocean floor creates a unique deep-sea ecosystem.: this whale fall provides food for scavengers, then enriches sediments for other creatures. Finally, bacteria in bones ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Blue whales sing less when ...