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

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

Last month, a blue whale was spotted off the coast in waters near Rhode Island by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life — an “unusual occurrence” according to a NEAQ press ...

Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.

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.

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 ...

Observers with New England Aquarium said it's the first time they have documented blue whales in their southern New England ...

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

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.© ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...