Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blue whale swims close to a large vessel near the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Asha de Vos, CC BY-ND Imagine you are a blue whale ...

It’s well known that cargo vessels and whales don’t mix; whale-ship collisions are one of the leading causes of death for the majestic creatures. However, between high-profile accidents, careful ...

Think of the largest elephant you can. Now multiply that by 30. That’s the size of a blue whale, the largest animal to exist, ...

Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the Santa Barbara Channel, a zone that teems with fish, kelp forests, seagrass ...