The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming through the world's oceans today. Blue whales can reach lengths of 100 feet, but one of their smaller relatives isn't too far behind. Right whales, ...

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that whales evolved from aquatic creatures as the oceans warmed and became more ...

Barnacles are best known as sessile creatures that stick to rocks or perhaps ships. But some species of barnacles glue themselves to whales. They create a tight bond to the whale ...

An illustration of German-born fossil collector Albert Koch's "Hydrarchos" as it appeared on display. From Fowler, O.S. 1846. The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Vol. 8. New York: ...

View post: 44 Years Ago Today, a 1982 Hit That Became One of Pop’s Most Controversial Songs Was No. 1 Davidson family found 20-million-year-old whale fossil during a beach walk in Australia. Kristina ...

"Following the removal of the gray whale from the Endangered Species list in 1994, the Makah tribe of northwest Washington State announced that they would revive their whale hunts; their relatives, ...