The biggest cetacean in the world is the blue whale, whose scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus. Despite some people’s ...

The blue whale is a type of baleen whale that, depending on the time of year, is found in oceans worldwide. Its scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus. Translated, Balaenoptera means “winged ...

T he 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 of global warming ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. The Latin name musculus means “little mouse” and was the basis for the first description by Linnaeus.

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 ...

Reviewed Work: Description of the Whale (Balænoptera musculus Auct.) in the Possession of the Society; with Remarks on the Classification of Fin Whales by Thomas Dwight, Jr. Review by: J. A. A.

In spite of its predominating importance to modern whalers, the blue whale (BalcBnoptera musculus) is still imperfectly known, particularly with regard to cranial characters. Mr. Miller publishes ...

The skull of a vaquita (Phocoena sinus), the world’s smallest cetacean, is pretty manageable, as it’s around the size of a melon. But the skull of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is more on the ...

Image courtesy of Jeremy A. Goldbogen (Stanford University, Stanford, CA) and the Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab.

Ralph Pace (USA) emphasises scale by contrasting a blue whale with a fulmar flying overhead. Ralph encountered this blue whale - one of three - as it surfaced to take a breath during its southerly ...