Marine biologist Carrie Newell photographed four blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — 3 miles off Depoe Bay.

You’d think such a massive creature would be an apex predator, but blue whales are actually gentle giants of the ocean. Let’s ...

It is the biggest animal alive today and the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales can grow to be 110 feet (33.5 m) long — about as long as two semitrailers — and weigh as much as ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” its color is more a reflection of the water it swims ...

According to the World Wildlife Foundation, the largest animal in the world is the Antarctic blue whale. It can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretch an astonishing 98 feet in length. Advertisement ...

The July 14 excursion had a treat in store for passengers: a 90-foot blue whale, the San Diego Whale Watch said on Facebook.

There was cheering and shouting far off shore on July 4 when a local whale watch boat enjoyed a rare sighting of the largest animal on the planet — a blue whale. Excitement ran through the boat ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see some “great species diversity.” The “abundant” amount of krill in ...

Blue Whales are the largest animal ever to have lived, but just reading that doesn’t quite convey their colossal proportions. They are bigger than the biggest dinosaur and weigh as much as 200 cars.

Blue whales will migrate up the West Coast this summer, giving San Diegans the chance to see these massive and graceful animals in local waters. Known as the largest animals in the world, blue ...