A neat new animation from Global Data has compared the sizes of 150 living and extinct animals. Measuring their length, the video includes tiny creatures like bees (1.2 centimeters/0.7 inches) all ...

This video compares the sizes of the largest living animals with their extinct counterparts, revealing just how huge the latter were.

Scientists use various metrics when determining the size of an animal. But one animal is the largest living in the world today by any standard.

Wolves may belong to the canine family, but they are far larger and more formidable than your average dog, or even their close cousin, the coyote. With powerful builds, massive paws, and imposing ...

We can’t appreciate the the size of these beasts outside of museum halls, but seeing an animation of Brachiosaurus beside an African elephant helps put their impressive mass into perspective.

A paleoartist has created size-comparison images showcasing what the ancestors of modern-day animals look like.

PeerJ Having more information about an animal's body size can help scientists make better inferences about its biology, the authors of the size study write.

Even with 72 passengers on board, the school bus still can’t match the weight of a whale shark. The post Whale Shark Size Comparison: The Largest Shark appeared first on A-Z Animals.

Archeologists in Southern France studied bones spanning 8,000 years to reveal how humans caused domestic animals to grow in overall size, while wild animals shrank.

One way to consider maximum size of animals is to compare within taxonomic groups. Some animals win a “biggest of their kind” participation trophy because of the category we place them in.