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Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft are the octogenarian owners, respectively, of the Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots; both built leviathans for football stadiums while finding creative ways to expand the NFL brand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

In his 1851 novel Moby Dick, Herman Melville describes right whales as “the most venerable of the leviathans, being the one first regularly hunted by man.”

From National Geographic • Jan. 25, 2024

Though these leviathans are often loners, they can live for more than 200 years, making their longevity more than double that of more social species such as sperm and humpback whales.

From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2023

Still, the observation is a reminder of how much there is yet to learn about the ocean’s leviathans, Long says.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 10, 2022

But such leviathans appeared only late in antiquity, and were exceptional.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro