Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp that power its baleen-filter feeding. The biggest whale ...

Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, and they spend much of their lives roaming the deep ocean, where they feed ...

Monterey Bay Whale Watch spotted their first blue whale of the season on June 20, the organization announced. A video taken that morning shows an aerial view of the massive mammal gliding just beneath ...

Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...

Gray whales that feed in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have shrunk in size by 13% over the past 20 to 30 years, an Oregon State University study found. Once reaching maturity, ...

OSLO (Reuters Life!) - Taking pictures of whales is notoriously difficult, underwater photographers say. The world's largest animal is shy and too big to capture in great detail. But a new exhibition ...