A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

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 ...

Originally built more than half-a-century ago, a Route 66 roadside attraction is getting a makeover in time for the Mother Road's centennial. U.S. Highway 66 got its start in 1926 when the Bureau of ...

Whale watchers touring the coast of Cape May got a rare glimpse of a blue whale — the world's largest animal — during a wildlife research trip earlier this month. The sighting happened Sept. 12 on a ...

The City of Catoosa is getting ready to turn the Christmas lights on at the famous Blue Whale along Route 66. It was a bright and sunny day in Catoosa, perfect weather for hanging Christmas lights. “I ...

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The American Museum of Natural History is bringing back its popular novelty sleepover program, "A Night at the Museum: The Overnight Experience," this fall on Oct. 24. The ...

“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” 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,” ...

Catoosa will start building a new visitors center at the Blue Whale during the first week of August. Interim City Manager Josh Brown said the city hopes to complete the center by May or June 2026, in ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of the blue whale—the largest animal ever to live on Earth. A detail like that ...

Whale biologist Carrie Newell spotted four blue whales feeding about 3 to 4 miles offshore from Depoe Bay, Oregon on June 27 — an exceptionally rare event in the state’s coastal waters. Newell, ...