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"Utterly Indefensible": Three Nations Continue To Kill Whales Despite Global Whaling Ban Turning 40 This YearFin whales, the second-largest animal on the planet, have been targeted by commercial whalers in recent years. Image credit: wildestanimal/Shutterstock

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"Utterly Indefensible": Three Nations Continue To Kill Whales Despite Global Whaling Ban Turning 40 This YearFin whales, the second-largest animal on the planet, have been targeted by commercial whalers in recent years. Image credit: wildestanimal/Shutterstock
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"Utterly Indefensible": Three Nations Continue To Kill Whales Despite Global Whaling Ban Turning 40 This Year

clock-iconFebruary 18, 2026
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World’s Longest Jellyfish Can Reach A Whopping 36 Meters, Even Bigger Than A Blue Whale Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. This specimen is about 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) in diameter and the tentacles are about 60–80 cm (24–31 in) long. It is photographed from a jetty. The color of the background is made up from algae on the bottom (green), reflection of the sky on the surface (blue) and shadows from boats nearby and objects on the bottom (black). As the jellyfish moved in the water along the shoreline, the surroundings changed color.

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World’s Longest Jellyfish Can Reach A Whopping 36 Meters, Even Bigger Than A Blue Whale Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. This specimen is about 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) in diameter and the tentacles are about 60–80 cm (24–31 in) long. It is photographed from a jetty. The color of the background is made up from algae on the bottom (green), reflection of the sky on the surface (blue) and shadows from boats nearby and objects on the bottom (black). As the jellyfish moved in the water along the shoreline, the surroundings changed color.
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World’s Longest Jellyfish Can Reach A Whopping 36 Meters, Even Bigger Than A Blue Whale

clock-iconJanuary 2, 2026
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Why Are Blue Whale Calf Sightings So Mysteriously Rare?Aerial footage showing the close association between blue whale mother and calf, in the South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand.

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Why Are Blue Whale Calf Sightings So Mysteriously Rare?Aerial footage showing the close association between blue whale mother and calf, in the South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand.
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Why Are Blue Whale Calf Sightings So Mysteriously Rare?

clock-iconFebruary 22, 2025
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26 Years After It Died, This Blue Whale’s Skeleton Is Still Oozing Oilblue whale skeleton hanging up in a museum

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26 Years After It Died, This Blue Whale’s Skeleton Is Still Oozing Oilblue whale skeleton hanging up in a museum
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26 Years After It Died, This Blue Whale’s Skeleton Is Still Oozing Oil

clock-iconOctober 24, 2024
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First-Ever Footage Of Blue Whale Mother Nursing Its Calf On A 5,000-Kilometer JourneyScreenshot of the recent video of two blue whales filmed off the coast of Timor-Leste, north of Australia.

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First-Ever Footage Of Blue Whale Mother Nursing Its Calf On A 5,000-Kilometer JourneyScreenshot of the recent video of two blue whales filmed off the coast of Timor-Leste, north of Australia.
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First-Ever Footage Of Blue Whale Mother Nursing Its Calf On A 5,000-Kilometer Journey

clock-iconJuly 5, 2024
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What Was The Largest Animal To Ever Walk The Earth?A full size dinosaur model of Patagotitan mayorum located near Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia.

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What Was The Largest Animal To Ever Walk The Earth?A full size dinosaur model of Patagotitan mayorum located near Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia.
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What Was The Largest Animal To Ever Walk The Earth?

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How Far Can Blue Whales Hear?Blue whale underwater

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How Far Can Blue Whales Hear?Blue whale underwater
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How Far Can Blue Whales Hear?

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Rare Photos Show Blue Whales Performing The Largest Mating Dance On EarthThree of the largest animals on the planet dance as two males struggle to be the one to mate with the female.

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Rare Photos Show Blue Whales Performing The Largest Mating Dance On EarthThree of the largest animals on the planet dance as two males struggle to be the one to mate with the female.
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Rare Photos Show Blue Whales Performing The Largest Mating Dance On Earth

clock-iconApril 11, 2024
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Blue-Fin Whale Hybrids Are More Common Than We Thought. Turns Out, They Can BreedA blue whale, the largest animal to have ever existed on the earth, comes to the sea surface for air in an NOAA Image.

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Blue-Fin Whale Hybrids Are More Common Than We Thought. Turns Out, They Can BreedA blue whale, the largest animal to have ever existed on the earth, comes to the sea surface for air in an NOAA Image.
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Blue-Fin Whale Hybrids Are More Common Than We Thought. Turns Out, They Can Breed

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Good News, Everyone: Blue Whales Officially Return To Seychellesblue whale in a seychelles under water

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Good News, Everyone: Blue Whales Officially Return To Seychellesblue whale in a seychelles under water
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Good News, Everyone: Blue Whales Officially Return To Seychelles

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Has The World's Loneliest Whale Finally Found A Friend?According to viral Internet posts, the whale has a new fren. Image credit: Igor Kruglikov/Shutterstock.com

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Has The World's Loneliest Whale Finally Found A Friend?According to viral Internet posts, the whale has a new fren. Image credit: Igor Kruglikov/Shutterstock.com
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Has The World's Loneliest Whale Finally Found A Friend?

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How Big Are Blue Whales Really? (And More Importantly: Why?)A blue whale seen from above. It big

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How Big Are Blue Whales Really? (And More Importantly: Why?)A blue whale seen from above. It big
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How Big Are Blue Whales Really? (And More Importantly: Why?)

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Blue Whales Are Finding New Ways To Communicate Thanks To Human Activityarticle image

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Blue Whales Are Finding New Ways To Communicate Thanks To Human Activityarticle image
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Blue Whales Are Finding New Ways To Communicate Thanks To Human Activity

clock-iconAugust 24, 2017

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An Enormous Blue Whale Has Washed Up On The Coast Of Oregonarticle image

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An Enormous Blue Whale Has Washed Up On The Coast Of Oregonarticle image
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An Enormous Blue Whale Has Washed Up On The Coast Of Oregon

clock-iconNovember 10, 2015

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California Blue Whales Bounce Back From Whalingarticle image

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California Blue Whales Bounce Back From Whalingarticle image
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California Blue Whales Bounce Back From Whaling

clock-iconSeptember 5, 2014