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 ...

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

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 ...

Imagine a millipede so large it could be mistaken for a small car. That was Arthropleura, the largest land arthropod known to science. Fossils show it roamed the Carboniferous forests, feeding on ...

There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. The African savanna elephant and the Asian elephant are listed as ...