Due to its vast size — stretching from Canada and Greenland in the north, to Mexico in the south — North America contains a ...

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

Long before humans walked the planet, a massive creature ruled the forests and open plains of ancient Eurasia. Paraceratherium, a hornless giant and a distant relative of today’s rhinoceroses, lived ...

South America's largest land mammal has made a historic comeback. The South American tapir hasn't been spotted in the Atlantic Forest for over 100 years and was considered extinct in Brazil's coastal ...

The ocean is home to some of the most awe-inspiring creatures on Earth, many of which dwarf anything found on land. From massive whales to elusive deep-sea dwellers, these giants of the sea ...

CHICAGO, IL — Over the past decade, the health and wellbeing of marine mammals in captivity have received a lot of public scrutiny. Now, new research published is the largest ever to study how habitat ...