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

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

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

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

Blue whales are loud. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they are some of the loudest animals ...

High historical movement rates of Antarctic blue whales on Southern Ocean feeding grounds estimated from Discovery mark data. Endangered Species Research, 2024; 55: 109 DOI: 10.3354/esr01361 ...

Given pregnancy rates as high as 33-50 per cent for the species, it is a mystery that the rate of sightings of blue whale mother-calf pairs is on average an abysmal 3.1 per cent.

However, blue and fin whales, which are larger than humpback whales, did not exhibit the same positive trend. The two species are more specialized in foraging for krill.

The blue whale, which uses baleen to filter its prey from ocean water and can reach lengths of over 100 feet, is the largest vertebrate animal that has ever lived. On the list of the planet’s most ...

The species remains threatened by ship strikes, fishing gear, exposure to toxins and environmental change. NOAA previously recorded three blue whale sightings near Montauk Point, New York in 2008.