Marine biologist Carrie Newell photographed four blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — 3 miles off Depoe Bay.

The July 14 excursion had a treat in store for passengers: a 90-foot blue whale, the San Diego Whale Watch said on Facebook.

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You’d think such a massive creature would be an apex predator, but blue whales are actually gentle giants of the ocean. Let’s ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” its color is more a reflection of the water it swims ...

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the first blue whale of the season, these events have stunned onlookers and ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see some “great species diversity.” The “abundant” amount of krill in ...

A blue whale surfaced about 50 miles off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey during an ecological tour led by the Cape May Whale Watch & Research Center earlier in September. The endangered species ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as krill to support a body of up to 100 feet (30 meters) long. Blue whales ...

A blue whale sighting made on the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center vessel American Star on Sept. 14, 2024.