A crew from the UC Santa Cruz carpentry shop on Monday meticulously disassembled “Ms. Blue,” the iconic 87-foot-long blue whale skeleton next to Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz.

The Museum's vast blue whale skeleton is more than just a specimen - it's a 4.5-tonne parcel of social history. The animal has been dead for more than 120 years, but the legend of the day it arrived ...

The Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz is restoring its iconic blue whale skeleton, Miss Blue, using sustainable ...

Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story. Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding ...