PBS Nova explained how a small, furry prehistoric four-legged, semi-aquatic carnivore called the Pakicetus was a direct ancestor to fully aquatic whales and dolphins. This was determined by a bone ...

Drone Footage Provides New Insight Into Gray Whales' Acrobatic Feeding Behavior Sep. 25, 2024 — Drone footage is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in ...

On October 1, 2024, a video shared by @troopercoooper in Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia, captured the excitement of whale watching. The video shows approximately 30 whales, including ...

When it struck the shore and deflated, I knew: it was a dead whale. But it wasn't just any whale. It was Fran. "I knew this whale, and I'm like, Ohhhhh. It just hit my heart, because Fran ...

It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan melvillei, a large predatory whale from the Miocene epoch. After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A ...

The oldest fossils found at these sites are nearly 9 million years old and include the prehistoric remains of numerous animals like sea turtles, birds, fish, sharks, dolphins, whales, and megalodons.

On another front, geneticists comparing the genes of living mammals have found that certain groups thought to be very distant cousins—hippos and whales, say—are in fact next of kin.

BOSTON - Scientists are concerned after seeing nearly a quarter of the world's population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in an unusual and potentially dangerous spot for them.

Researchers have long suspected that bowhead whales keep in touch from far away. New evidence of synchronized diving between two whales 100 kilometers apart supports the theory. By Joanna Thompson ...