Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species. There ...

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery given there used to be hundreds of thousands of blue whales before whaling ...

A blue whale calf with its mother near the coast of island Pico (Azores)© tane-mahuta/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images “The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...