In this corner, weighing up to 190 metric tons, is the blue whale.This behemoth still swimming in Earth’s oceans is the current titleholder for the heaviest animal to ever exist — living or dead.

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” its color is more a reflection of the water it swims ...

In this video, we explore some of the largest creatures to ever roam the Earth—animals so massive that their size seems almost unbelievable. From the massive blue whale, the largest animal ever known, ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see the biggest animal on Earth and the group is calling it a “once in ...

The sperm whale registers at 230 dB while the blue whale is at 188 dB. “For us to hear blue whale calls, they must be made at an intensity of 70 dB or more,” BBC writer Ella Davies reports.

When it comes to their flippers, however, blue whales’ are relatively short for their body size at around 3 to 4 meters (9 to 13 feet) in length. The humpback whale, for instance, has flippers that ...

The blue whale exhibit will include an entire skeleton of the animal and a large jaw bone on display, where people can step ...

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 the boat ...

McMahon said she’d only seen a blue whale, the world’s largest animal, one other time, more than 20 years prior. Blue whales, which are endangered, can eat up to six tons of krill a day and ...