A Biologist Explains Why The Blue Whale Is Still Growing — And How It Reached 200 Tons

A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...
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It sounds absurd, but the heart of a blue whale is so big a human could swim through its arteries

It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of ...
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The Largest Whale to Ever Swim the World’s Oceans

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were ...
Forbes

A Biologist Ranks The 5 Biggest Animals To Have Ever Roamed The Earth (Hint: One Exists To This Day, The Rest Are Extinct)

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, ...

This Animal's Heart Is As Big As A Piano

The blue whale, the largest creature on Earth, has the heart that is famously compared to the size of a small car or piano.