There are only a few places in the world where you can see whale sharks. The Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia is one of ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains ...

It's the largest shark that's ever lived on Earth against a monstrous whale who terrorizes its prey. Would the megalodon shark or the Leviathan whale win this epic underwater matchup? Which underwater ...

Megalodon tends to dominate conversations about prehistoric ocean predators. Its massive jaws and oversized teeth have turned it into a pop-culture icon that feels almost mythical. Yet during the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

Megalodon sharks were among the largest and most formidable predators ever to exist, dominating the oceans millions of years ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease.

A chance encounter at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has led to the restoration of a long-time, massive display of a blue whale skeleton display at the university. Forty-six years ago, a ...

When Stephen Kesler first designed his “Out of the Blue” sculpture that now looms over Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th neighborhood, he had no idea how big an effect the artwork, known as “the whale,” ...

A walk along the mudflats of Blue Anchor on England’s west coast has helped scientists put a name to a sea monster that may have matched a modern blue whale in length. Fossil hunter Ruby Reynolds was ...