The lower jaws of toothed whales are revealing an evolutionary story that played out over 50 million years. Analysis of the bones of 100 living and extinct species of whales has shown how the twin ...

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 Australian beach has allowed ...

A 26-million-year-old whale skull, belonging to the newly identified Janjucetus dullardi, has been unearthed at Jan Juc Beach in Australia. This Oligocene-era predator, unlike modern baleen whales, ...

A new ancient miniature whale species has been identified by researchers. An international team of scientists made the “ground-breaking” discovery of a new species of extinct whale, Tutcetus ...

Fossils unearthed along Victoria’s Surf Coast have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species with special adaptations for hunting, including large eyes and sharp teeth, shedding light on early ...