Today, if you look across the land of North America, the biggest animal you are going to see is the bison. When you see it in ...

Whales are the largest living animals that have ever existed on this Earth. A blue whale growing to a whopping 110 feet in length, outweighing even the dinosaurs. But curiously their story begins from ...

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, ...

Hundreds of years ago, people assumed that huge teeth found along the shores of rivers and oceans belonged to dragons. The truth that has been discovered sounds just as fanciful as fire-breathing ...