From the colossal blue whale to the mighty elephant, nature’s largest animals amaze us with their sheer size, strength, and survival strategies. But why do we find massive creatures so fascinating?

After the extinction of the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous mass extinction (the fifth mass extinction) about 66 million years ago, a new era of “megafauna” emerged. These were large animals ...

When quizzed about illegal activities aboard Chinese boats, 80% of them had reported ... capture and/or injury of vulnerable ...