blue whales

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  blue whale

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  a migratory baleen whale, Balaenoptera musculus, mostly of oceans and seas in the Southern Hemisphere, the largest mammal ever known, growing to a length of 100 feet (30.5 meters) and having a furrowed, slate-blue skin mottled with lighter spots, in some seas acquiring a yellowish coating of diatoms on the underside: now classified as endangered, it was once hunted nearly to extinction, but international conservation efforts begun in the 1960s have enabled the blue whale population to rebound significantly.

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blue whales

Sea slugs, corals, clams and sponges may not get as much of the spotlight as blue whales or sharks, but these curious creatures come with a host of unique, hard-to-believe abilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

If you don’t get around to chasing whales this winter, blue whales and fin whales swim through the same coastal waters May through November, and humpback and minke whales may be seen year-round.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025

They have documented "some of the lesser known, intimate reproductive behaviours of blue whales, some for the very first time," says Prof Edyvane, who lectures at the Australian National University and Charles Darwin University.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024

Only one song type has been recorded among the Antarctic blue whales.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2024

Just as the words were out of her mouth, they saw two more blue whales swimming in the distance.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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