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 ...

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.

“Modeling studies of blue whales ‘lunge-feeding’ theorize that they will not put energy into feeding on low-reward prey patches,” marine ecologist Leigh Torres explains in a press release.

Blue whales can consume over six tons of prey daily near the poles in their summer feeding grounds. Although they eat a lot during the summer, they barely eat anything when they migrate to warmer ...

The ability to engulf a huge volume of water is crucial to making this feeding strategy work. Blue whales, which can reach about 98 feet long, can engulf water equivalent to 135% of their body mass.

The blue whale seen off Maine New England Aquarium They also saw an endangered blue whale - the biggest animal on the planet - this week 25 miles south of Boothbay.

By comparison, a humpback whale might consume up to 200,000 microplastic pieces per day — 50 times less than blue whales did — during its peak feeding time, the researchers estimated.

Typically, blue whales, the largest mammal on Earth, come around during summer months, but this one has been feeding with the fin whales. This blue whale is also special, blowing mostly out of ...

The ability to engulf a huge volume of water is crucial to making this feeding strategy work. Blue whales, which can reach about 98 feet (30 meters) long, can engulf water equivalent to 135% of ...

Both toothed and baleen (filter-feeding) whales are among the largest animals ever to exist. Blue whales, which measure up to 100 feet (30 meters) long and can weigh over 150 tons, are the largest ...

The feeding calf in the video is large, says Edyvane, and probably in its second year with its mother – blue whales wean at three years. Other key blue whale behaviour has been glimpsed and ...