THE eleventh volume of the “Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History” contains a descriptive account, by Dr. Thomas Dwight, of the external characters and skeleton of a young razor-back whale, ...

The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 meters in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to face the rising challenges of global warming, ...

The inner ear of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), reconstructed from CT scans, shows key anatomical features, including the cochlea, acousto-vestibular nerve, oval window and vestibular system ...

Two whales driven ashore, one 117 feet, the other 87 feet. Handley (ms): Watson (1898, vol. 2, p. 429) reported that "Two dead whales were driven onshore at Assateague beach, near Snowhill, Maryland, ...

Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2017 This skeleton of a Blue Whale in the Natural History Museum of London represents the largest animal known to have ever existed and yet, one that ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A series of meetings meant that I found ...

Size comparison of a modern blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and the extinct Perucetus colossus, known from a fossil discovered in Peru. Researchers initially estimated the mass of Perucetus as ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Found floating at sea between Belgium ...