“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” 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,” ...

Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to ...

Quick Take A recent blue whale sighting off the coast of New England has surprised researchers. Scientists think the whales ...

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 ...

The idea of a battle between a megalodon and a blue whale captures the imagination, though these giants never shared the same oceans. The megalodon, an extinct apex predator, was equipped with ...