Picture an animal whose tongue will weigh as much as an entire elephant. Sounds like an exciting joke, but not for the blue ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp that power its baleen-filter feeding. The biggest whale ...

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The whale shark always presents a subtle irony. It's the largest fish in the world, reaching tens of meters in length, yet ...

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

Scientists have finally solved a decades-old mystery with the first-ever live encounter of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale.

If you’ve never seen a whale up close, it’s hard to comprehend just how monstrous they can really be. To put it in perspective, the blue whale is the largest animal on the planet! Its tongue alone ...

North Sun” may be read as a grim adventure story based on historical whaling accounts or a symbol of modern-day violence against nature and society.

There are many cute endangered species, and sadly their charm endangers them even more, like these 25 cutest animals that are ...

The Golden Globes carpet hosted plenty of head-turning moments, from "Sinners" star Wunmi Mosaku revealing her baby bump to ...