Tourists off Australia's Bremer Bay watched as the orcas surrounded a 60ft endangered pygmy blue whale and tore it to shreds in a savage 90-minute attack. The event is so rare it's only the fourth ...

In fact, it is one that must be protected and safeguarded Recently, the world's largest coral reef has been discovered in the Solomon Islands, an organism that has been in that location for ...

The anatomy, location, and time period all indicated ... heaviest skeleton of any mammal — nearly twice as heavy as a blue ...

Antarctic blue whales are listed as an endangered ... When these whales were caught, the metal rod was returned, and the whale's size, sex, length and location where it was caught was noted.

People walking through Canary Wharf in central London might have had a bit of a surprise when they saw a blue whale leaping out of the water... But don't worry, it's only a sculpture! The giant ...

See All Key Ideas MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population ...

This blue whale skull is one of the largest in any collection on earth. Chris Gunn By the turn of the 20th century, the United States National Museum—now the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries ...