If blue whales above water are only putatively blue, then below the surface they go indisputably turquoise. Balaenoptera musculus is a pale whale, and when seen through the blue filter of the ocean, ...

During the early 1900s, the blue whale became a principal target of the whaling industry throughout the world. Approximately 330,000 - 360,000 blue whales were killed during the 20th century in the ...

Off Namibia and South Africa, blue and fin whales are being seen more often — a modest but encouraging change in waters where industrial whaling once nearly wiped out the two largest animals on Earth.

More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world's two largest whale species in the southeastern Atlantic. The findings, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue whales can be found in every ocean except the Arctic. The first sighting occurred on February 27, when scientists from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Endangered blue whales made a rare and exciting appearance off Cape Cod recently, thrilling marine biologists and marking two ...

More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world’s two largest whale species in the southeastern Atlantic. The findings, ...