A new study argues that Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue whales. By Carl Zimmer Last August, a team of paleontologists announced that they had ...

Move over, blue whales. There could be a new heavyweight champ in town. Fossilized vertebrae and ribs from a newly discovered ancient whale suggest that it could have outweighed modern blue whales, ...

A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. At an estimated body mass of 85 to 340 metric tons (187,393 to 749,572 pounds), the heft ...

Move over, blue whale. You've been demoted. Scientists have discovered what they say could be the heaviest animal that ever lived on Earth: a gigantic ancient whale that may have been two to three ...

Perucetus drifted through shallow seas like a gigantic manatee, scientists suspect. By Carl Zimmer Paleontologists on Wednesday unveiled the fossilized bones of one of the strangest whales in history.

There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.

A gigantic ancient whale has been uncovered by researchers—and it potentially represents the heaviest animal ever known to exist. Weight estimates of the now-extinct whale species, named Perucetus ...

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Move over, blue whale. There is a new contender for the most massive animal in Earth's history. Scientists on Wednesday described fossils of an early whale unearthed in Peru called ...

The blue whale has long been considered the largest animal to have ever existed, even dwarfing the biggest known dinosaurs. But now a new species threatens to steal the crown, and upends what we ...

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 modern ...

The body mass of the Perucetus colossus is estimated to be up to 340 tons – about 25pc heavier than the world’s largest passenger plane Sarah Knapton is the Science Editor of The Telegraph and has ...

The blue whale is the giant of our oceans and indisputably the largest living animal on Earth. According to BBC Earth, an adult whale can weigh as much as 40 elephants or 30 Tyrannosaurus rex! But ...