Blue whales are loud. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they are some of the loudest animals on the entire planet. However, something is changing. A study from earlier ...

Marine scientists have discovered a troubling phenomenon in the world’s oceans as blue whale vocalizations have dropped dramatically over the past decade. The alarming decline, documented through ...

“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” ...

The ocean near Los Angeles has gotten much louder since big ships showed up, particularly in the Santa Barbara Channel, a regular thoroughfare for vessels trafficking the ports of L.A. and Long Beach.

Designed to protect endangered whales, the Blue Skies program offers incentives for vessels that operate at slower speeds.

Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at ...

Christopher Clark, who directs the bioacoustics research program at Cornell University, is among the world's best scientific listeners. His work has revealed how human-made noise is filling the ocean, ...

Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies, a voluntary program to reduce vessel speeds that started in the Santa Barbara Channel, ...

Blue whales will migrate up the West Coast this summer, giving San Diegans the chance to see these massive and graceful animals in local waters. Known as the largest animals in the world, blue whales ...

The Santa Barbara program that protects endangered whales in the ocean and reduces emissions by slowing down tankers will now ...