Our planet is home to some amazing creatures that come in all shapes and sizes, from the largest animals in different parts of the world, such as the blue whale, hippopotamus, and elephant, to the ...

Tallest giraffe ever recorded was George, a huge Masai male who lived in Chester Zoo in Kenya, who died in 1969. He was 20 ft tall (19ft tall with 1 ft long horns). World’s biggest living giraffe is ...

The world's second biggest animal is being left to rot on a beach in Carmarthenshire. The 70ft sea creature - which is a very ...

Have you ever wondered what the biggest land animal in history looked like, or which creature ruled the oceans as the largest of them all? Prehistoric giants often come to mind, but the story goes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

In the animal kingdom, the creatures with the biggest hearts – relative to their size – are often the tiniest among us.

Blue whale calves are the largest animal babies in the world, clocking in at a whopping 1360kg — almost the same size as a small car. They put on 90 kg a day by guzzling their mother's fatty milk.