Big animals are exciting. The largest animal on Earth today is the blue whale which can reach 98 feet long – enormous (and ...

Kristen Miller, lead author of the study and a doctoral student at KU’s Biodiversity Institute, analyzed the Texan fossils to ...

A newly discovered extinct whale called P. colossus is challenging the blue whale for the title of heaviest animal to ever exist August 2, 2023 More than 1 year ago 5 min ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Quetzalcoatlus Northropi was the largest flying animal to ever grace the skies. It averaged 18 feet tall, about the size of the tallest modern-day giraffes, and boasted a 36-foot wingspan.

The Chinese paddlefish, one of world's largest fish, has gone extinct. Native to China’s Yangtze River, these fish grew 23 feet in length, but haven’t been spotted since 2003.

If there's an overall lesson to be gleaned from the prehistoric bestiaries of our childhood libraries, it's this: If you want to go extreme, go prehistoric. If you're curious about, say, the ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see the biggest animal on Earth and the group is calling it a “once in ...

According to the World Wildlife Foundation, the largest animal in the world is the Antarctic blue whale. It can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretch an astonishing 98 feet in length.

What we lose when animals go extinct. Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans.

Several methods exist for estimating body mass in extinct animals. The most popular is based on limb bone dimensions. Think of sauropod limb bones as columns supporting a building.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove 21 species from the nation's endangered species list because they are considered extinct, but the much-debated ivory-billed woodpecker won a ...