A blue whale skeleton found in Oregon is being reconstructed for display at Newport's Hatfield Marine Science Center.

If all goes as planned, the skeleton — after help from scientists and specialists from around the world — will be fully reassembled in May outside the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, ...

Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, and they spend much of their lives roaming the deep ocean, where they feed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp that power its baleen-filter feeding. The biggest whale ...

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Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...

Regarded as some of the largest animals in our oceans, which creature is bigger: the giant squid vs blue whale? While blue whales are well-studied, very little is known about giant squid. But just how ...

Two blue whales were recently spotted by a team of scientists from the New England Aquarium. This marks the first time the aquarium has documented a blue whale in the southern New England survey area.

From whale hearts to giraffe tongues, explore how huge and tiny animal body parts really are, using everyday objects as your ...

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The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...