What fishermen thought was a rarely-seen sea creature on Tuesday turned out to be a badly-decomposed cetacean. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received reports Tuesday night from ...

A humpback, a gray whale, a sperm whale fighting a squid and an orca have come to life on the newly re-created Whale Walk at Doheny State Beach. On Saturday, March 9, Jim Serpa, a former supervising ...

A whole new definition of thick. It’s hard to deny that whales are some of the most charismatic megafauna on our planet. The blue whale, specifically, with its massive size, friendly demeanor, and ...

The natural world is full of marvels, but none capture human imagination quite as much as the Earth's biggest creatures. From the ocean floor's deepest titans to land's grassland and forest giants, ...

A newly described species of marine reptile could be the largest to ever swim the world’s oceans. The “giant fish lizard” lived more than 200 million years ago, and may give the blue whale a run for ...

There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.

The blue whale is not only currently the biggest animal on Earth, but scientists long thought that it might be the largest animal to have ever lived. Now fossils unearthed in Peru suggest a giant ...