One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest ...

From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.

While the whale shark is certainly a big animal, it is considerably smaller than the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, which is the biggest animal in the world. The largest blue whale ever recorded ...

These estimates put the Perucetus as being as heavy as or heavier than the biggest blue whales ever known – even though it’s considerably shorter at just 17 metres long, compared to blue ...

Discover 10 lesser-known facts about the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. Learn about its diet, communication, ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

It's an ancient, long-extinct whale that would have tipped the scales at close to 200 tonnes. Only some of the very biggest blue whale specimens might have rivalled its heft, researchers say.

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.