Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300.

He's spent thousands of hours listening for and tracking the elusive ocean giants. "Antarctic blue whales are critically endangered, and this makes them difficult to find in the vast Southern ...

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

Nov. 15, 2024 — Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300.

Antarctic minkes don’t have white markings on their flippers, and they are some of the smallest whales in their family which includes blue whales, according to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation.

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western ...

After centuries of industrial whaling, the Antarctic blue whale is considered "critically endangered". At times, only a few hundred specimens were still alive. However, the numbers now appear to ...

In the summer, adult whales feed at high latitudes (like Alaska, Iceland, and Antarctica), putting on tons of fat ... Plus, ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

Antarctic krill are one of the most abundant ... Fin whales – the second largest baleen whale after the blue whale, had been hunted to near extinction. Now they are growing in number, returning ...