Where it lives: Tropical and temperate waters around the world. What it eats: Deep-sea squid, octopuses, crustaceans and fish. Dwarf sperm whales have an unusual way to protect themselves if they come ...

Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...

The largest animal ever recorded is the Blue Whale. Learn its record-breaking size (up to 190 tonnes, 91 ft long) and why it ...

A critically endangered species of whale is getting smaller and smaller thanks to climate change. These shrinking giants are North Atlantic right whales, of which there are only an estimated 356 ...

The estimated population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales grew by about two percent last year to 384, an ...

Gray whales that feed in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have shrunk in size by 13% over the past 20 to 30 years, an Oregon State University study found. Once reaching maturity, ...

Monterey Bay Whale Watch spotted their first blue whale of the season on June 20, the organization announced. A video taken that morning shows an aerial view of the massive mammal gliding just beneath ...

Dwarf sperm whales have an unusual way to protect themselves if they come under attack. When they feel threatened, these tiny whales release their intestinal fluid, turning the water red. Growing up ...