The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

The largest blue whale ever recorded weighed over 199 tons. Even average-sized blue whales are massive, weighing around 350,000 pounds. That’s about the same as 30 adult male African elephants.

Found in oceans across the globe, a fully grown blue whale can weigh between 130 to 150 tonnes. Surprisingly, they survive by eating tiny krill and often travel long distances while migrating. Whale ...

A true titan of the ocean, the Blue Whale reigns as the largest and most powerful creature on Earth. With its immense size, reaching up to 98 feet in length and weighing over 400,000 pounds, the ...

Like Blue Whales, Fin Whales primarily eat krill and schooling fish but will feed on squid and planktonic crustaceans when available. Although they are known as one of the fastest whales in the world ...

Gray whale populations have plummeted to the lowest number in more than 50 years as climate change upends Arctic Ocean food webs.

Brave rescuers risk their own safety to free animals like humpback whales that become entangled in ropes and other fishing gear.

In Antarctica, there is a remarkable comeback taking place. Whales are returning in numbers to its waters. It is thought by scientists that that 2.9 million whales were killed for commercial ...

Estimating the amounts of krill or fish consumed by whales has long been an obsession of the proponents of industrial whaling, who argue that these amounts are too large and then use the figures ...

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem as an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are increasingly ...