Even today’s giants — towering giraffes and massive elephants — are tiny compared to the prehistoric titans that once dominated the planet. Long before humans showed up, Earth was home to creatures so ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...

A replica fossil of the titanosaur _Patagotitan_, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered. It would have weighed about 70 tons (63.5 metric tons.) Spencer Platt/Getty Images News via Getty Images ...

Have you ever wondered what the biggest land animal in history looked like, or which creature ruled the oceans as the largest of them all? Prehistoric giants often come to mind, but the story goes ...

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, ...

Tallest giraffe ever recorded was George, a huge Masai male who lived in Chester Zoo in Kenya, who died in 1969. He was 20 ft tall (19ft tall with 1 ft long horns). World’s biggest living giraffe is ...

Quick Take Reaching a size 5 times larger than males is a biological benchmark for breeding females. Holding breath for 10 ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or ...