A 40-million-year-old fossilised whale previously thought to be the heaviest animal of all time is now thought to weigh less than a blue whale. The huge, 17-metre-long whale, which was believed to ...
Blue whales - the largest animals on Earth - are rarely seen so close to the shore, it said. "The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet yet despite its size it could have easily slipped ...
Blue whale numbers are still a tiny proportion of ... according to figures from the International Whaling Commission "This is the largest animal to ever exist on the planet," Dr Stafford said ...
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.
The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...
The Museum's vast blue whale skeleton is more than just a specimen - it's a 4.5-tonne parcel of social history. The animal has been dead for more than 120 years, but the legend of the day it arrived ...
Look out, blue whale – there’s a new contender for your heavyweight title. A newly discovered whale that lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived ...