Usually there's safety in numbers, but it doesn't always work that way. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) filter-feed on immense shoals of krill, engulfing colossal mouthfuls of water containing up ...

First, Kate Laemmle saw a recognizable tall, thin blow erupt out of the glassy Atlantic Ocean on a July 24 aerial survey. To see the exhale of an endangered fin whale was cool enough, the scientist ...

They are one of the largest and fastest marine mammals on Earth — but one fin whale on a recent day decided to stop and check out passengers aboard a boat off Dana Point. The up-close encounter ...

SAMISH ISLAND, Wash. – At the 61-foot fin whale’s tail, a woman crouched on the bloodied sand, closed her eyes and sang softly. Near the whale’s head, two other women set up their cellphones on a ...