Q. My brother (a basketball player) says giraffes are the biggest land animals because they are the tallest. How do scientists determine what the biggest animals are? A. Scientists, as well as people ...

A ton of videos comparing the sizes of stuff with other stuff have been all the rage for some time. There have been comparisons of fictional starships, for example, as well as ones of all the stellar ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

Paleoartist Roman Uchytel has created a gallery of size-comparison images that highlight the radical evolutionary journey that modern day animals have undergone when compared to their long-extinct ...

Bobcats might be on the smaller side when it comes to wildcats, but these felines are certainly formidable. In an unprecedented event in Florida’s Everglades, a bobcat was captured on camera targeting ...

Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 ...