Peer-reviewed journal article published in PLOS One about blue whales and fin whales and their call or vocalization characteristics and occurrences. Many baleen whale vocalizations are species-, or ...

Blue whales are fascinating animals. At 24-30 metres in length (longer than a basketball court) they are the largest creatures on Earth. They are also among the rarest. Estimates suggest that there ...

The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 meters in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to face the rising challenges of global warming, ...

Whale songs are far removed from the singing that humans are used to. Unlike our musical sounds, those produced by whales are a complex range of vocalisations that include groans, clicks and whistles ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A resident population of blue whales has for many years lived in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka, but in recent years sightings of the animals have ...

Other blue whale subspecies, such as the Antarctic blue whale, can grow to 30 meters or more. The pygmy blue whale is primarily found in the southern hemisphere and has acoustic characteristics that ...