The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

The modern blue whale has long been considered the largest and heaviest animal ever, beating out all the giant dinosaurs of the distant past. But Perucetus colossus – the colossal whale from ...

While the whale shark is certainly a big animal, it is considerably smaller than the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, which is the biggest animal in the world. The largest blue whale ever recorded ...

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Johannes Peters, an expert from Kiel University’s Institute for Security Policy, told Spiegel magazine: “Underwater drones like the Blue Whale will allow the German navy to take a big step ...

It's an ancient, long-extinct whale that would have tipped the scales at close to 200 tonnes. Only some of the very biggest blue whale specimens might have rivalled its heft, researchers say.

As a photojournalist dedicated to sustainable tourism, nature conservation, and wildlife preservation, I have traveled ...

Since its arrival at the Museum in the 1880s, the blue whale skeleton has been part of an ever-expanding scientific collection. The whale is the largest specimen in the Museum's collection of more ...

A blue whale calf grows at a rate of 200 pounds per day! Although its commercial importance has dwindled, it is the largest animal that ever lived. Some specimens are 100 feet long and weigh 150 tons.