where users can explore and download hindcast predictions of blue whale distributions along the U.S. West Coast in 2009, 2015, and 2016. The tool displays predicted habitat suitability for blue ...

Despite high-profile accidents, a comprehensive global picture of the risks posed by shipping to whales has remained elusive.

The long-term analysis of blue whale and fin whale vocalizations in the eastern Fram Strait offers valuable insights into ...

So in 2007, after five blue whales died off the California coast ... to better protect whales against ship strikes and calling for shipping speed limits in whale habitat on both coasts. Our many ...

"The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet ... and we have very limited data on its migration and critical habitat," he said. The rarity of the sighting was not lost on one photographer ...

The paper, co-authored by UC Santa Cruz research fellow Heather Welch, was published online November 21 in the journal Science and reports that global shipping traffic overlaps with about 92% of the ...