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 ...

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, ...

Our beloved planet has seen giants that dwarf most animals alive today. These massive creatures lived across different time ...

Some nights, when I should be doing something sensible or useful, I end up looking at pictures of blue whales and feeling very, very tiny. We talk a lot about the megafauna that are gone – mammoths, ...

A mama sea creature and her baby were spotted off the coast of California, a group said. Getty Images/iStockphoto The largest animal on Earth and her baby were spotted off the coast of California and ...