The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were dinosaurs that topped its size, there is no scientific data to support that ...

Recently, a group of researchers from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom published the results of their studies with the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, which while being "the ...

The inner ear of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), reconstructed from CT scans, shows key anatomical features, including the cochlea, acousto-vestibular nerve, oval window and vestibular ...

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean —it can exceed 30 meters and weight more than 190 tons— and it belongs to the mysticeti group, whales with beards.

Blue whale, scientifically called Balaenoptera musculus, is one of three baleen whales reported from Pakistani waters. The other two whales are the Bryde’s whale and the Arabian humpback whale.

The blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, regularly tips the scales at over 100 tonnes. Some estimates have pegged individuals at 190 tonnes. But now, it seems, the blue whale has a challenger.

Mar. 20, 2024 — The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 meters in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to face the rising challenges ...

Size comparison of a modern blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and the extinct Perucetus colossus, known from a fossil discovered in Peru. Researchers initially estimated the mass of Perucetus as ...

A pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) crosses the Indian Ocean and passes near Mirissa, Sri Lanka.Franco Banfi via Alamy. In the vast depths of the ocean, pygmy blue whales are ...

The roughly 50-foot-long victim may have been a juvenile blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) or an adult pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda), since both are known to pass through ...