A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is eating plankton on the surface. Rhincodon typus is a filter feeder. It swim slowly at the surface filtering plankton through their enormous gill slits. Recent ...

Whales may be known as gentle giants, but they still have a looming presence as the world’s loudest and largest animals. The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 ...

As many as 30 blue whales, including multiple pairs of mothers and calves, showed up off the Channel Islands recently and seem to be sticking around, officials said. The whales regularly feed off the ...