A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest ...

Blue whales sing less when they are starving and sing more when food is plentiful, a recent study revealed. Researchers ...

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

In a harrowing message to humanity about changing ecosystems for the worse, blue whales have started going silent. You've likely heard of 'whale songs' and the species almost being the soundtrack of ...

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

Blue whales are listed as an endangered species, with only between 10,000 and 25,000 left in the world. This is mostly because they were heavily hunted during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Ultimately, blue whales can hear each other when they are 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away. Oh, and they are also among the longest-lived animals on the planet.

When Anderson arrived, she said she watched four blue whales that were likely feeding on krill in the area. They typically ...

BOLINAS, Calif. (KGO) -- People are flocking to a beach in Bolinas Saturday after an 80-foot-long blue whale washed ashore that mammal experts say was likely struck by a ship.

Blue whales are loud. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they are some of the loudest animals on the entire planet. However, something is changing.

Blue whales – the largest mammals on earth – are no exception to this one-sidedness, according to scientists at UC Santa Cruz who spent six years studying the feeding habits of 63 blue whales ...

He said he paddled along the giant blue whale for an entire hour. He added that his fear was overshadowed by excitement to be in the presence of the amazing creature.