The blue whale holds the title as the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. This video explores how big blue whales can grow, how they survive in the ocean, and what makes them such ...

The largest animal that has ever lived is not a dinosaur from Yore but a living mammal that still crosses our oceans. The ...

Blue whales don’t just hold the title for the biggest animal on the planet today. The truth is that they’re the biggest animal to ever exist, full stop. Bigger than any dinosaur, bigger than anything ...

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, ...

A tour group off the coast of San Diego enjoyed the rarest of pleasures when they saw — and heard — one of the largest creatures on the planet. On "the most amazing blue whale Monday ever," as San ...