The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

What whale species is the biggest? The blue whale is the largest whale species. It is the biggest animal alive today and the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales can grow to be 110 feet ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see some “great species diversity.” The “abundant” amount of krill in ...

The blue whale is the largest whale species. It is the biggest animal alive today and the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales can grow to be 110 feet (33.5 m) ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the ...

SOMMER: Whale sharks are the largest fish species on the planet, as long as a school bus. This whale shark was a juvenile, though still about 16 feet long, and the killer whale was hunting it.

The researchers discovered that male whale sharks tend to peak at around nine meters in length or about 30 feet. That’s an incredibly huge fish, but the ladies of the species are even more ...

Passengers on a whale watch off Cape Ann were treated to the rare sight last week of the world’s largest animal species. Staff with Cape Ann Whale Watch wrote on Facebook that during an ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species, according to NOAA Fisheries, and fully grown can reach up to 85 feet (25.9 meters) long and weigh between 40 tons and 80 tons. Strikes by ships ...

Whales are not only the biggest animals on the planet, but they’re among the longest-lived, too. A new analysis reveals that right whales can live for more than 130 years, almost twice as long ...