The short answer: food. Several million years ago, blue whales evolved to binge-eat tiny crustaceans called krill, which are super abundant in some coastal regions during part of the year.

We have seen a blue whale give birth twice – once in 1911 and once in 1946, ... decided to try to figure out why the sightings are so rare.

The blue whale has long been considered the largest animal to have ever existed, even dwarfing the biggest known dinosaurs. But now a new species threatens to steal the crown, and upends what we ...

The most up-to-date figures estimate between 1,900 and 2,200 blue whales in and around Southern California, with anywhere from 10,000 to 25,000 blue whales across the globe.

In spite of its predominating importance to modern whalers, the blue whale (BalcBnoptera musculus) is still imperfectly known, particularly with regard to cranial characters. Mr.

Scientists can’t give an exact figure of how many whales are left in the world. Organizations like the International Whaling Commission (IWC) provide an estimate with a confidence interval.

“It’s definitely in the blue whale ballpark,” Dr. Amson said. Image. A comparison of Perucetus, top, with a blue whale, ... Here’s how to figure out the ideal one for you.

Seeing whale poop, colored red thanks to the whale’s diet, was the first clue that Sri Lanka’s blue whales don’t migrate between feeding and breeding areas. A. de Vos ...

The blue whale genome is 2.4 billion bases in length. “So it seems that the Blue Ghost has sent back 50 blue whales of data from the moon. ...

King of the Blue Ocean–or KOBO–is one of the museum’s signature attractions. The blue whale was accidentally struck by a vessel in 1998 and brought to the museum two years later.