Scientists with the New England Aquarium have spotted two endangered blue whales about 15 miles off the coast of southern New England, marking what they believe is the first time ...

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.

This is the first time scientists with the New England Aquarium have seen blue whales in southern New England waters. The post In rare sightings, scientists spot blue whales in waters off Martha’s ...

Swimming with a sperm whale and its calf off the coast of Dominica. In my experience, the central danger of swimming with whales in the open ocean is not that you will get smushed or chomped by a ...

Whale watching charter owners said they couldn’t remember a time over the last decade when blue whales, the earth’s largest mammals, showed up this late off Southern California. In recent years, their ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species. There ...

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 ...

An endangered whale is swimming freely after locals stepped in to help. Somehow a juvenile pygmy blue whale wedged itself underneath a privately owned pier in New Zealand. It took a rescue crew ...

A pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda, swims in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. This huge cetacean reaches up to 24 meters in length and makes up to about half of all blue whales alive.© ...

Whales may again swim close to Seacoast shores this summer, after a 2024 breach and boat strike incident off Odiorne Point in Rye that toppled two men into the water and captured a global audience.

Have you ever imagined how magnificent it would be if you find yourself paddling above the water and you witness a glorious blue whale swimming right beside you? It would be a spectacular sight, but ...