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 ...

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been sighted along the San Diego coastline, signaling the beginning of the blue whale watching season.

They eat krill, and they eat a lot of it. A blue whale’s stomach can hold 2,200 pounds of krill at a time, and they eat around 9,000 pounds of krill each day.

A blue whale’s stomach can hold 2,200 pounds of krill at a time, and they eat around 9,000 pounds of krill each day. Considering the tiny krill weighs less than one ounce, a blue whale eats ...

The whales eat krill and fish that can aggregate in massive schools. However, their diets are distinct. While blue whales only eat krill, humpback whales eat krill and small schooling fish such as ...

Sovca is also a co-author on this latest study that calculates the overlap between the krill that whales need to eat to survive and what humans fishers are catching.

“The presence of Blue whales in the bay heavily depends on the availability of their prey — krill,” Monterey Bay Whale Watch said. “We are hoping the sighting of these two gentle giants yesterday ...

Two blue whales were spotted off northern California. Their presence depends on food. Blue whales eat krill. How much do blue whales eat?

Blue whales are baleen whales. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they almost exclusively eat krill, which they strain out of huge water gulps through baleen plates.

Blue whales are baleen whales. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they almost exclusively eat krill, which they strain out of huge water gulps through baleen plates.