Record numbers of humpack and blue whales are feeding off the coast of San Francisco in a display of gluttony virtually unprecedented for this time of year, marine scientists fresh off a weeklong ...

John Calambokidis stood on the bow of the Salty Lady like an old sea captain, his long white hair and beard blowing in the wind, and pointed out two blue whales surfacing on the starboard side. A ...

Tracking of blue whales by satellite over a 15-year period off the U.S. West Coast suggests that the whales consistently return to feed in specific locations each year, according to a study ...

Dozens of migrating blue whales have stopped to feed in the krill rich waters off the Farallones Islands, triggering a warning from federal maritime officials to commercial shipping companies to ...

Young blue whales. Young blue whales should not be called "babies." Right after birth, they weigh as much as 6,600 pounds and can measure up to 23 feet in length.

This was interesting when compared to other blue whale populations, such as those off the coast of California which average dives of about 10 minutes. When they observed the surface foraging, the dive ...

Efficient feeders Blue whales are the biggest and perhaps most efficient animals alive. Their method of filter-feeding takes in 90 times more energy than it uses. The enormous mammals dive up to ...

Other key blue whale behaviour has been glimpsed and filmed in the area as part of a decade-long research and citizen science project.Edyvane, who leads the project, says that a database of 2700 ...

Blue Whales Have a Secret Feeding Weapon: Ambidextrousness Though they tend to favor their right side, blue whales can switch to ‘left-handedness’ while hunting . Brigit Katz - Correspondent.

High-intensity military sonar can have a major impact on the feeding habits of blue whales, scientists have concluded after a a five-year project to track the endangered species' behaviour.

A study finds extreme ranges of heart rates in blue whales during diving, feeding, and surfacing. Examining the biology of animals at the extremes of body size can reveal the effect of size on ...