Whales can be incredibly large, but what whale is the biggest whale? Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. According to the Smithsonian, the largest whale is ...

The blue whale is renowned as the Earth’s largest animal, taking that title today by quite some distance. That holds true even stretching back through time as these enormous marine mammals are even ...

There are more than 500 species of shark found across the world, and they range in size from centimetres long to ocean giants. Read on to find out about the biggest sharks in the world. The whale ...

That would bring the number of known beaked whale species to 24. “It is a huge animal, the weight of a Clydesdale horse. Imagine something that big in the terrestrial realm going undiscovered ...

Scientists are probing the depths of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to learn more about elusive beaked whales. The small boat maneuvered within yards of a rare True’s beaked ...

Killer whales, the largest dolphin species, also have teeth ... In February 2017, a stranded Cuvier's beaked whale in Norway was found to have ingested around 30 plastic bags. It is estimated that ...

Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) surfacing in the waters off Terceira Island, Azores. The species’ characteristically long beak protrudes from the water during surfacing. Disclaimer ...

Researchers may have spotted a new species of beaked whale in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico. The whales do not match any previously known 23 species of beaked whales, visually or ...

Ireland’s marine waters are home to rare species such as the blue whale, and deep-diving beaked whales, as well as more common species such as pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins. But there was ...