An "extremely rare" 21-million-year-old whale fossil found along Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula could hold some answers about the evolutionary history of the species. Senior palaeontologist at Museums ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance ...

In 1919, whalers pulled up a 27-ton humpback whale and saw something that should not have been there: two unmistakable legs.

About 25 million years ago, the warm, shallow seas off the southern coast of Australia were home to a bountiful scene of ocean-dwelling creatures. “In these seas, there was this extraordinary ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an ...

BELOIT — Nick Pyenson, a top expert on whale evolution, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of The Roy Chapman Andrews Society (RCAS) Distinguished Explorer Award. Pyenson will be presented with ...

Read full article: 🎄We wanna see your dazzling holiday lights, decorations Danville will soon have a new spot to grab a cup of joe. Researchers this week officially named Janjucetus dullardi, a ...

BELOIT — Evidence that ancestors of today’s whales once walked on the land and how digital imaging technology can help unlock mysteries of the past were explored Saturday during the Roy Chapman ...

Recovery of whale fossil bones using the manipulator arm of the Chinese submersible Fendouzhe on the deep seafloor of the ...

Scientists catch sperm whale dialects evolving in the Mediterranean Sea.(Asociación Tursiops) (CN) — Scientists have caught sperm whale dialects changing over time. Researchers studying the endangered ...