Two 10-million-year-old whale fossils have been discovered beneath a beach in Portugal, revealing an ancient lost sea.

Bowhead whales survived thousands of years of climate change, but human hunting caused damage that still continues today.

Wadi El-Hitan in Egypt’s Western Desert preserves one of the world’s most important fossil records of whale evolution. Hundreds of skeletons from ancient whales such as Basilosaurus and Dorudon, along ...

A new study analyzing two fossilized whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks' teeth lodged inside them. This provides rare evidence of how sharks fed on whales in ...

Wadi al-Hitan, Egypt's Whale Valley, showcases evolution's transition of whales from land to sea. This UNESCO World Heritage site, 160 km southwest of Cairo, reveals hundreds of Archaeoceti fossils, ...

A unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11,000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the relative impacts of humans on nature. The time series of ancient fossils show ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Davidson family was taking a leisurely beach walk in Australia when they stumbled on quite a find. A whale fossil estimated to ...

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 ...

Nature had already reclaimed the fossil site once, burying it beneath layers of sand. If the crew failed this time, they would have to wait another year to try again.