The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains ...

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, ...

SM BAY — Dozens of giant blue whales are putting on a show along the Southern California coast, and one Santa Monica resident was treated to a front row seat. While paddle boarding north from Hermosa ...

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 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, ...

The hunting of large whales goes back much further in time than previously thought. New research from the Institute of ...