A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

If you spend time on a boat, snorkeling, or looking at fish tanks, you may quickly realize that life underwater looks incredibly different than animals and other life that lives on the surface.

Graduate student Joanne Mendez, a biochemistry, molecular, cellular and developmental biology major, studies an axolotl in Associate Professor Crystal Rogers' lab. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Did you ...