heavy bones can offset buoyancy from body fat and blubber, allowing the animal to maintain neutral buoyancy in water or—in the case of the hippopotamus—to walk on river beds. The fossil whale ...

Because of their thick blubber, right whales also float accommodatingly after they have been killed. Populations of these whales were decimated during the whaling heydays of the 17th, 18th ...

Over the weekend, a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach, prompting an outpouring of grief ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

WWF, the conservation organization, today warned that an initial toxic analysis on Norwegian Minke whale meat and blubber samples destined for human consumption has shown that these contain some of ...

Scientists have also drawn on historical evidence – the harpoon tips embedded in the animals’ blubber. The study notes that in 2007, a whale was taken in a traditional hunt and found to have ...

There are at least 750,000 pilot whales in the North Atlantic, so the yearly mass slaughters do not threaten the animal's population. But animal activists say the practice is cruel and outdated.

Traditional recipes include blubber with vinegar-miso sauce, thinly sliced whale tongue, whale steak, a hotspot where slices of whale meat are simmered with mizuna greens and, the simplest ...

It added: "When you ignore expert advice and act like an idiot, you cover everyone else with decaying whale blubber. #StayHome and stop being selfish." The post has proved popular with many ...