Today, if you look across the land of North America, the biggest animal you are going to see is the bison. When you see it in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

There have been some large animals discovered over the course of history. In the 1960s, the largest bear ever caught outsized the average elephant, and this bear still holds the record today. The ...