A gigantic ancient whale has been uncovered by researchers—and it potentially represents the heaviest animal ever known to exist. Weight estimates of the now-extinct whale species, named Perucetus ...

A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. At an estimated body mass of 85 to 340 metric tons (187,393 to 749,572 pounds), the heft ...

A new species of ancient whale, Perucetus colossus, was a giant of the ocean. It may have weighed twice as much as a blue whale because of its dense bones. Researchers hypothesize that it was a slow ...

Move over, blue whales. There could be a new heavyweight champ in town. Fossilized vertebrae and ribs from a newly discovered ancient whale suggest that it could have outweighed modern blue whales, ...

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(CN) — Researchers from Peru, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and beyond came together to discover what may be the world’s largest animal: the Perucetus colossus whale. Previously, the largest known ...

The blue whale has long been considered the largest animal to have ever existed, even dwarfing the biggest known dinosaurs. But now a new species threatens to steal the crown, and upends what we ...

A giant whale that lived almost 40 million years ago is now thought to be the heaviest animal that has ever lived, scientists said Wednesday. The Perucetus colossus — meaning the colossal whale from ...

After excavating the whale’s bones, researchers utilized 3D scanners to study the bones inside and out. Though the skeleton is incomplete, they estimate the Perucetus colossus weighed between 94 and ...

Size comparison of a modern blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and the extinct Perucetus colossus, known from a fossil discovered in Peru. Researchers initially estimated the mass of Perucetus as ...

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