The newly discovered early whale lived about 43 million years ago The fossil of a 43-million-year-old whale with four legs, webbed feet and hooves has been discovered in Peru. Palaeontologists believe ...

Twenty-six million years ago, a deceptively cute-looking whale hunted off the coast of Australia. Its large eyes and razor-sharp teeth made it a formidable predator. This whale, named Janjucetus ...

From playful dolphins to huge sperm whales, all modern toothed whales rely on echoes of their own calls to navigate the ocean and hunt underwater. Now researchers have discovered the whales’ ability ...

(Credit: Doptis/Shutterstock) When it comes to evolution in modern humans, environmental pressures have almost all been accounted for — instead of adapting our bodies we can come up with technological ...

Who would go off to try and catch a fish if a sushi buffet had been laid on? Not me. Nor killer whales, according to new research that vividly illustrates the allure for these animals of the easy ...

The ability of dolphins and toothed whales to echolocate is shaped before they're even born. Researchers found that different groups of whales and dolphins take varying routes as they develop in a ...

This ancient whale species may hold the key to understanding how whales transitioned from land-based animals to marine animals. Long before the Ancient Egyptians walked the Earth and the great ...

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 ...

Right whales were the first whale to be commercially hunted, 1,000 years ago. They were so named because they were the "right" whale to kill; their blubber made their carcasses float for easy recovery ...

Some whales that experience menopause can live nearly 40 years longer than others of similar size, according to a new study that sheds more light on the biology of ageing. Researchers assessed five ...

A four-legged creature that had a tail and webbed feet similar to those found on otters, has been identified as an ancestor of the whale. Fossils unearthed in Peru have led scientists to conclude that ...