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

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest extant animals, exhibit a complex interplay of ecological and behavioural adaptations that allow them to thrive in vast, heterogeneous oceanic ...

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 ...

You will find a wide and varied world full of life when you descend into the deep blue sea. Among the ocean’s inhabitants, whales and dolphins have a particular place in our hearts and fantasies. In ...

Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The largest blue whale ever recorded weighed over 199 tons. Even average-sized blue ...

Earth is full of giants, but “longest” doesn’t always mean “heaviest” or “biggest-looking.” Some of the longest animals might ...

A chance encounter at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has led to the restoration of a long-time, massive display of ...