As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently ...

Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.

At least 30 blue whales have been spotted in the waters of Loreto Bay National Park this season ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, inexperienced target guarded by a single adult. However, orcas cannot reach ...

What researchers spotted off Cape Cod and the Vineyard recently is something they almost never see in these waters.

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sighting took place in Loreto Bay National Park (PNBL) and caps an unprecedented whale watching season, which begins annually in December.

Scientists with the New England Aquarium have spotted two endangered blue whales about 15 miles off the coast of southern New England, marking what they believe is the first time ...

Aquarium scientists say sightings offer a rare glimpse into the movements of Atlantic blue whales ...

The sighting marks the first time endangered blue whales have been recorded in this area of Massachusetts waters.

A young girl's fossil find in England has led to the discovery of Ichthyotitan severnensis. This ancient marine reptile was enormous, comparable to a blue whale. It lived 202 million years ago.

A pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda, swims in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. This huge cetacean reaches up to 24 meters in length and makes up to about half of all blue whales alive.© ...

In the 1800s, a massive blue whale washed ashore near Askin Bay, just outside Göteborg, Sweden. Instead of letting the moment fade into local history, the specimen was preserved and eventually put on ...