Living in the icy waters of the frigid Arctic, bowhead whales are some of the most extreme mammals on Earth, and they have ...
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 ...
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, ...
Size shapes the way animals move, hunt, and survive. For example, in the ocean, ginormous creatures rely on their massive ...
A group of boaters got the chance to the world’s largest animal in a “rare” California experience. Getty Images/iStockphoto Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see the biggest animal ...
The “abundant” amount of krill in the bay brought fin whales and blue whales to the area, according to a July 2 Facebook post by the Monterey Bay Whale Watch. A fin whale was spotted off the coast of ...