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A team of scientists from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted two blue whales, including this one, 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard on Feb. 28. Scientists with ...

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 ...

Two blue whales were recently spotted by a team of scientists from the New England Aquarium. This marks the first time the aquarium has documented a blue whale in the southern New England survey area.

A blue whale spotted seven miles southwest of Point Loma Monday marks an unusually early arrival for the species. San Diego Whale Watch captured the whale on video during a field trip carrying 70 ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

The blue whale that washed up on a southern Oregon beach in 2015 was in rough shape. Scientists couldn’t determine exactly how long the 200-ton, nearly 70-foot-long male had been dead, but several ...

At least 30 blue whales have been spotted in the waters of Loreto Bay National Park this season Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been published by ...