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Regarded as some of the largest animals in our oceans, which creature is bigger: the giant squid vs blue whale? While blue whales are well-studied, very little is known about giant squid. But just how ...

SM BAY — Dozens of giant blue whales are putting on a show along the Southern California coast, and one Santa Monica resident was treated to a front row seat. While paddle boarding north from Hermosa ...

The blue whale, which uses baleen to filter its prey from ocean water and can reach lengths of over 100 feet, is the largest vertebrate animal that has ever lived. On the list of the planet’s most ...

A new study argues that Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue whales. By Carl Zimmer Last August, a team of paleontologists announced that they had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up on the head of a sperm whale as it's swimming in the ocean. Sperm whales blasted a "big dark bubble" of poop to prevent ...

Scientists and officials in New England hope to collect better data about a vanishing whale species, improve fishing gear to avoid harming the animals, and make other changes as Maine and ...