GLOUCESTER — 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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

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

Blue Whales are the largest animal ever to have lived, but just reading that doesn’t quite convey their colossal proportions. They are bigger than the biggest dinosaur and weigh as much as 200 cars.

Blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — aren't singing as much anymore, and that's got scientists concerned. A study published in PLOS analyzing six years’ worth of acoustic data collected from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

Apart from fossils, some animal species also testify to how big their predecessors were before evolution. Although many of ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen ...

However, size alone doesn't make sperm whales immune to becoming prey themselves. Their main foes are killer whales, while ...