A newly discovered whale that lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived, based on a partial skeleton found in Peru, scientists said on Wednesday.

The fossil skeleton of the whale, known as Perucetus colossus, was previously thought to be the heaviest animal ever to have roamed the Earth. The first vertebra of the sea giant was discovered in ...

They had long necks to eat leaves from tall trees and were so heavy their footsteps shook the ground. These dinosaurs lived ...

Have you ever thought about which animals are the biggest in the world? From the magnificent blue whale to the majestic ...

The ancient whale that could be the heaviest animal everThe ancient whale that could be the heaviest animal ever ...

Whales are the largest animals to ever exist on this Earth, outweighing even the dinosaurs. These titans roam the oceans in search of food, but that wasn't always the case. Millions of years ago ...

Our dinosaur expert Professor Paul Barrett says, 'Although the blue whale is famous for being the biggest animal that has ever lived, it cheats - it lives in water, which helps to support its weight.' ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...