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

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

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, ...

Recently, we dove deep on the world’s smallest shark (the dwarf lanternshark) and now we’re swinging to the other end of the shark size spectrum to look at the world’s largest fish. The whale shark is ...

There was cheering and shouting far off shore on July 4 when a local whale watch boat enjoyed a rare sighting of the largest animal on the planet — a blue whale. Excitement ran through the boat, the ...

Living in the icy waters of the frigid Arctic, bowhead whales are some of the most extreme mammals on Earth, and they have ...