When University of Pisa paleontologists first found a prehistoric whale's skeleton 13 years ago among rocks in southern ...

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which ...

A new scientific study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark, Megalodon or megatooth shark, which ...

Three years after the body of a young fin whale was recovered by the shíshálh Nation in Pender Harbour (kalpilin), its ...

A diminutive new basilosaurid whale reveals the trajectory of the cetacean life histories during the Eocene ... An ancient whale fossil skeleton at the Harvard natural History museum. The discovery of ...

Evidence from Indohyus’ skeleton showed it was not a purely land-dwelling creature ... With a crocodile-like body, powerful jaws, and cetacean-style ears, Ambulocetus was a fearsome predator. Its ...

However, not every large cetacean that washes ashore can be left to decompose ... so there is no guarantee for a pristine skeleton. When a carcass is left to decompose on an easily accessible and ...

But a new study of the most complete skeleton of the species known to exist has answered many questions about the enigmatic critter — first described in 1883 by famed paleontologist Edward Drinker ...

Paleobiology Professor Kenshu Shimada is leading a study alongside 28 experts. A new scientific study offers significant ...

This genetic evidence of population health aligns with nearly 15 years of ecological research led by John Totterdell from the Cetacean Research Centre. "Southwestern Australian killer whales ...

KHAO SAM ROI YOT NATIONAL PARK, THAILAND—Thai PBS World reports that Thailand’s Fine Arts Department announced an extraordinary discovery––the oldest human skeleton ever found in the country.