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.

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see some “great species diversity.” The “abundant” amount of krill in ...

You wouldn’t be entirely wrong as some of the loudest animals are indeed very large, and larger animals tend to have bigger ...

Originally completed in 1972, the Catoosa Blue Whale has gone through many changes as a favorite Route 66 attraction. See ...

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 a lifetime” moment.

The animal kingdom has some giants. Blue Whale is the heaviest animal. Whale Shark is the largest fish. African Elephant is ...

Have you ever wondered how long whales are pregnant? With the massive size of whale babies, it comes as no surprise that ...

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 ...

The largest blue whale ever recorded weighed over 199 tons. Even average-sized blue whales are massive, weighing around 350,000 pounds. That’s about the same as 30 adult male African elephants.

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 ...

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 ...