Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most recent ...

Scientists from National Geographic reportedly discovered the world’s largest coral head in the Solomon Islands in October.

Understanding how human neurons cope with the energy demands of a large, active brain could open up new avenues for treating ...

With its remarkable size and age, Pando dwarfs its fellow inhabitants, holding the potential to be not only the oldest living ...

The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue whale and older than the United States.

The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the ...