Blue whales, which measure up to 100 feet (30 meters) long and can weigh over 150 tons, ... Researchers have little idea what limits their enormous size. What is the pace of life at this scale, ...

His large-scale works include a 35-foot-long whale mural for what is now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, as well as a 100-foot-long mural of Moby Dick, the giant sperm whale that torments ...

The largest blue whales recorded during the era of commercial exploitation were at this scale. "What we like to say is that Perucetus is in the same ball park as the blue whale," he told BBC News.

The blue, fin, bowhead, gray, humpback, right and sperm whales are the largest animals alive today. In fact, the blue whale is the largest-known creature ever on Earth, topping even the biggest of ...

The heaviest blue whale on record surpassed these measurements, weighing 418,878 pounds in 1947, according to WDC. Her weight was equivalent to about 30 elephants or 2,500 people.

Newly discovered ancient whale may have been heaviest animal ever 00:34. There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title ...

Blue whales have been considered the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. With a maximum length of nearly 30 meters and weighing nearly 200 tons, they are the all-time undisputed heavyweight ...