It's easy to assume that the largest living things on Earth are animals. Everyone knows statistics about blue whales and elephants, but these animals are actually dwarfed in comparison to the true ...

Size isn’t always visible. The largest living thing on Earth isn’t a giant animal or towering plant; it’s a hidden fungus ...

What's the biggest living thing on Earth? I can think of two. I'm not sure which is biggest, but neither of them is a blue whale. These are weirder. Much, much weirder. One is a tree. The other ...

Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) are the largest living reptiles on Earth. They’re even bigger than the fearsome ...

Sponges are made up of colonies of animals, similar to corals, and can also live for thousands of years. Glass sponges are among the longest-living sponges on Earth. Members of this group are ...

But, millions of years ago, gigantic animals were much more common than they are today. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest. This ancient alligator ancestor was a monster of a reptile, reaching ...

Earth's largest animal is 121 feet long Patagotitan mayorum. — Freepik/File The largest animal to ever walk on planet Earth was known as the Patagotitan mayorum, who weighed around 154,323 ...

While humans may have an "absolute limit" of 150 years, this is just a blink of an eye compared with the centuries and millennia that some animals live through. Although there are long-living ...

You get the idea. Whether by land or by sea, there are plenty of animals big enough to humble even the mightiest among us. Learn more about the largest animal in the world below, along with its sc ...