CATOOSA, Okla. (KFOR) – It’s still quite a sight. The Blue Whale is 20 feet tall, 80 feet long, made from 126 sacks of concrete, and 15 tons of sand. She is also the incongruous mascot for this Route ...

Chris Peterein, exhibit production manager at the St. Louis Science Center, dusts the platform underneath a reproduction of an 80-foot-long blue whale skeleton on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. The skeleton ...

It’s not uncommon for a gray whale to turn up on Oregon’s beaches. But a blue whale is different. They live primarily in the deep ocean and when they die, their bodies tend to sink. So, when this ...

NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - A rare blue whale skeleton display is nearing completion at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport after years of restoration and reconstruction work ...

NEWPORT – Nothing is simple when you’re trying for the first time to erect a metal framework 15 feet off the ground to cradle the skeleton of a 70-foot-long blue whale. That’s what construction crews ...

A hefty, never-before-seen asteroid is racing toward Earth at around 20,000 mph (32,000 km/h) and will zoom past our planet closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18), scientists say. You can ...

A brand-new neon sign is now shining above the Blue Whale of Catoosa as construction continues on the attraction’s new Visitor Center. City leaders say the sign represents another major step in ...

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes in Italy, weather permitting. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - A rare blue whale skeleton is now on display at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport after years of restoration and reconstruction work, OSU ...

More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world's two largest whale species in the southeastern Atlantic. The findings, ...

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 of global warming, ...