The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet and weighing more than 300 ...

You will find a wide and varied world full of life when you descend into the deep blue sea. Among the ocean’s inhabitants, whales and dolphins have a particular place in our hearts and fantasies. In ...

Each episode focuses on a specific region, spending time with the various critters who call those places home. The series devotes an entire episode to Mexico, a place where the North American ...

Boaters in New Jersey waters got the sighting of a lifetime when a blue whale swam into view. “We witnessed the largest living animal in the world off the coast of Cape May,” Cape May Whale Watch and ...

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest extant animals, exhibit a complex interplay of ecological and behavioural adaptations that allow them to thrive in vast, heterogeneous oceanic ...

A massive sea creature was spotted in California, the group said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A massive sea creature was spotted off the coast of California, leaving onlookers “excited.” On June 8, a ...

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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 ...