The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...

The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet and weighing more than 300 ...

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 ...

Size comparison of a modern blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and the extinct Perucetus colossus, known from a fossil discovered in Peru. Researchers initially estimated the mass of Perucetus as ...

Blue whales have been considered the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. With a maximum length of nearly 30 meters and weighing nearly 200 tons, they are the all-time undisputed heavyweight ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most recent ...