Let’s dive into the world of giants — from the deep sea to dry land — and get to know the planet’s most colossal creatures.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A blue whale’s heart can beat as few as two times a minute. The discovery comes from data collected during researchers’ first few attempts to ...

Divers were recently treated to a heartwarming performance by a humpback whale in the Caribbean Sea. The encounter took place ...

Interestingly, female blue whales are usually larger than the males. Even a blue whale's heart it big. Treehugger shared, "It's the largest heart in the animal kingdom, weighing about 400 pounds.

Asked to choose, from all this fleet, the vessel to carry me on a month-long cruise in pursuit of blue whales, I would not have hesitated. As Flip Nicklin and I passed our gear up the trawler's ...