The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet and weighing more than 300 ...

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It is thought that this giant snake lived in the ancient seas during the Eocene epoch, about 56 to 34 million years ago.

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A massive black coral, measuring 4 meters high and 4.5 meters wide, has been found by researchers exploring the underwater ...

Scientists have finally solved a decades-old mystery with the first-ever live encounter of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale.

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