In the world of record-setting, the largest-ever cannolo (singular of cannoli) was seriously the size of a whale. Just how ...

The Earth brims with extraordinary creatures, but none captivate the imagination quite like its largest animals. Dominating the oceans, the blue whale reigns supreme as the biggest creature ever to ...

Researchers documented three endangered blue whales in two New England locations within 24 hours — rare sightings outside ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species. There ...

When the asteroid ended the age of non-avian dinosaurs, it cleared ecological space on a global scale. Small survivors ...

Discover how extreme animal sizes, from the massive blue whale to the tiny shrew, shape their survival strategies.

Q. You wrote that blue whales are the largest mammals. What are the largest and smallest animals of other groups? What ecological problems do animals confront by being extremely big ...

This is the first time drone-based tagging has been employed for tracking the movements of pygmy blue whales.

With warm — relative to Alaska — spring waters, migratory rest-stops and great feeding grounds, Los Angeles County’s coast is ...

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

From the moment I first saw James Whale’s I was obsessed, and it has, ever since, remained my favourite film. These ...

Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a telephone pole near his home and saw a hawk perched at ...