Welcome to the biggest, fastest, deadliest science book you\'ll ever read.
Increasingly, though, researchers are coming to see.
For a long time, scientists ignored superlative life forms as outliers.
The loudest whale is offering clues about the impact of solar storms.
The oldest tree is giving us insights into climate change.
The fastest bird is showing us how to solve a century-old engineering mystery.
The world\'s largest land mammal could help us end cancer.
Welcome to the biggest, fastest, deadliest science book you\'ll ever read