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

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

Originally built more than half-a-century ago, a Route 66 roadside attraction is getting a makeover in time for the Mother Road's centennial. U.S. Highway 66 got its start in 1926 when the Bureau of ...

The waters of the West Coast are falling silent. Somewhere deep in the Pacific, off the sunset-lit cliffs of Big Sur and the fog-wrapped bluffs of Mendocino, the largest animal ever known to live on ...

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery given there used to be hundreds of thousands of blue whales before whaling ...

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 ...

Whether it’s smartphones or sneakers, toys or tents, about 80% of commercial goods are transported to markets around the world using giant container ships. As global shipping routes grow to meet ...