In the ages preceding the rise of the whaling industry, humans could only obtain blue whale meat and blubber when a beaching occurred. As whaling technology improved, hunters were able to pursue ...

They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be ...

Analysis of blubber samples from 11 toothed whale species stranded on Japanese coasts identified over 300 organohalogen compounds, revealing species-specific accumulation profiles.

DESCRIPTION: Bowheads are enormous whales with stocky, blubber-insulated bodies and thick, triangular-shaped heads. They are blue-black in color with a large white spot on their lower jaw. There may ...