The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

NEW YORK (AP) — There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip ...

The heaviest animal to have ever lived may have been an ancient colossal whale that was recently discovered in Peru, scientists said. Scientists have been digging up massive fossils of the new species ...

The gargantuan creature, weighing upwards of 750,000 pounds, may have sat in shallow waters, scavenging carcasses 39 million years ago. reading time 4 minutes A team of paleontologists has announced ...

A rarely seen blue whale has been spotted off the California coast, placing the gargantuan creature thousands of miles away from where they are normally found during Christmas. The blue whale was ...

One reason dinosaurs are so popular with schoolchildren is that many of them are so extraordinarily big. Tyrannosaurus rex, a meat-eater, was up to 12 metres long—about half the length of a tennis ...

A giant whale that lived almost 40 million years ago is now thought to be the heaviest animal that has ever lived, scientists said Wednesday. The Perucetus colossus — meaning the colossal whale from ...

NEW YORK — There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today’s blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the ...