the 10 largest whales are as follows: According to orcaweb.org.uk, the smallest whale is the dwarf sperm whale. The dwarf sperm whale can reach just under nine feet long at its maximum size.

However, almost all of the largest family by size, the baleen whales, are massive—and scientists have only recently ...

There are more than 500 species of shark found across the world, and they range in size from centimetres long to ocean giants. Read on to find out about the biggest sharks in the world. The whale ...

Take the biggest of the bunch the blue whale. It weighs more than a Boeing 757. Has a belly button the size of a plate. And its network of blood vessels, if you laid them out in a line ...

The shrinking size of whales over the 20th Century could help ... This probably occurred as the biggest individuals were selectively removed from the ocean through hunting. "This means that ...

It may have been comparable in length to today's biggest whale sharks, the largest of which has measured in at 18.8 metres. Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on ...

Teach your young learners about the wonderful world of whales with our free, downloadable, five-day unit, with lessons, ...

Only some of the very biggest blue whale specimens might have rivalled ... "The fossils were actually discovered 13 years ago, but their size and shape meant it took three years just to get ...