A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

Whales are the largest living animals that have ever existed on this Earth. A blue whale growing to a whopping 110 feet in length, outweighing even the dinosaurs. But curiously their story begins from ...

Whales are the giants of the ocean. These amazing creatures live in seas and oceans all around the world. Some travel thousands of miles every year. They are mammals, just like humans, and they ...

It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of the blue whale—the largest animal ever to live on Earth. A detail like that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...