The blue whale diving down at NMNH visitors has just such a throat. For the first decade or so of its display life, this was regarded as a lifelike touch. But by the late 1970s, an increase in ...

More information: Michele Thums et al, Tracking pygmy blue whale diving behaviour and validation of foraging areas defined from horizontal movement data, Global Ecology and Conservation (2024 ...

Beaked whales can dive 2,000 metres below the ocean's surface. Why and how do they do it? Around 2,000 metres below the surface, the water is freezing, black and seemingly impenetrable. No light ...

diving more than 6,000 feet in pursuit of prey and staying down for more than an hour. They are the largest toothed whales (a few filter-feeders, like the blue whale, are larger) and can grow to ...

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ... and even other whales and dolphins. Sperm whales dive up to 3,000 feet (900 m) below the ocean's surface to hunt for giant squid and other deep ...

Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth, with some mature adults reaching 100 feet and tipping the ...