In the ocean, different animals have their own unique self-defence strategies to help them survive predators. Some, like ...
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were ...
Blue whales don’t just hold the title for the biggest animal on the planet today. The truth is that they’re the biggest animal to ever exist, full stop. Bigger than any dinosaur, bigger than anything ...
It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of ...
Earth is full of giants, but “longest” doesn’t always mean “heaviest” or “biggest-looking.” Some of the longest animals might ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...
The waters of the West Coast are falling silent. Somewhere deep in the Pacific, off the sunset-lit cliffs of Big Sur and the fog-wrapped bluffs of Mendocino, the largest animal ever known to live on ...
Knowable Magazine reports that drones are revolutionizing whale research by safely collecting data and minimizing ...
The mention of giant underwater creatures usually brings to mind mythological monsters. The great kraken, ancient leviathans, and if that fossil of a creature with 45 arms is a real-life Cthulhu. As a ...