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Blue Whale Stories

A baby humpback whale glides along its mother's back underwater

Whales on the move

The growing dangers whales face worldwide along their epic migrations are signs of an ocean in peril, and reveal how these waters connect us all.

  • Here's how satellite data is helping to protect whales

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2023
    Despite improved policies to protect these animals in recent decades, whales increasingly face warmer waters and the impacts of global trade.
    A baby humpback whale glides along its mother's back underwater

  • Whales and the plastics problem

    February 18, 2021

    Protecting whales is crucial to protecting healthy oceans for all of us. Yet even these ocean giants are being impacted by the "deadliest predator in the sea": plastic pollution.

    A sperm whale floats toward the surface of the ocean while a white plastic bag floats just below

  • Meet the biggest animal in the world

    The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically endangered. WWF is working to protect blue whale habitat, and a remarkable number of blue whales were recently sighted in the southern Atlantic ocean. 

    A blue whale swims beneath the surface of the ocean.