The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

A nearly two-decade study of whale songs recorded in the Southern Ocean suggests that blue whales, the largest creatures ever to have roamed the Earth, may be recovering in Antarctica after being ...

Antarctic blue whales, a critically endangered species, may be thriving off Antarctica, according to a new study. Photo from Robert Haverly, UnSplash For years, the icy waters off Antarctica have ...

A new publication from WWF, the conservation organization, warns that the main food source for Antarctic blue whales, krill, is under threat due to melting polar ice, linked to climate change. Bonn, ...

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales — species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, ...

Preventing whaling in the Southern Ocean (the seas around Antarctica) is critical to ensuring the recovery of whale populations in the entire southern hemisphere, a new WWF report states. Gland, ...

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. The most recent ...

Researchers used noninvasive suction tags to observe the behavior of Antarctic minke whales as they fed on krill in the waters off the West Antarctic Peninsula. (Photo by David Cade, Hopkins Marine ...

Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...