Over the past 27 years Gingerich and his colleagues have located the remains of more than a thousand whales here, and ...

At some point in evolutionary history, whales and dolphins passed a threshold their bodies could never recover from.

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 ...

With large eyes, razor-sharp teeth and a compact body built for hunting, Janjucetus dullardi is nothing like the gentle giants known today, but this newly discovered ancient whale is one of their ...

With large eyes, razor sharp teeth and a compact body built for hunting, Janjucetus dullardi is nothing like the gentle giants we know today, but this newly discovered ancient whale is one of their ...

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 ...

A new comparative genomic study finds that small long-lived mammals like bats rely on DNA repair and autophagy while large ...

Indohyus is identified as the closest relative to whales, revealing insights into their evolution from land mammals to sea creatures. I don't understand how Indohyus and Ambulocetus, both dated to ...

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 ...