A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

After evaluating the fossils, the team surmised that the new species of the giant ichthyosaur could be estimated to be the size of a blue whale. Bones date back to the Triassic Period When the ...

The blue whale diverged from other Balaenopteridae (including fin and northern minke whales) between 5 and 10 million years ago, and the oldest fossil representing something similar to today’s ...

Caption Size comparison of a modern blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and the extinct Perucetus colossus, known from a fossil discovered in Peru. Researchers initially estimated the mass of ...

But the tooth almost certainly came from a very large ichthyosaur comparable in size to the blue whale, Sander said, pointing to jaw fossils from the United Kingdom that came from animals estimated at ...

Approaching the size of a blue whale. Fossil collector and co-author of the study, Paul de la Salle, found the bone on the beach at Lilstock, Somerset in May 2016. He later returned to the site and ...

Community, First Nations, and environmental groups united to demand an urgent moratorium on seismic blasting off Warrnambool ...

But the important thing is that each fossil whale shares new, whale-like features with the whales we know today, and in the fossil record, we can observe the gradual accumulation of these aquatic ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

Blue Whales Are Mostly 'Left-Handed' Watch Mysterious Blue Whale Behavior Likely Filmed for First Time Mysterious Blue Whale Behavior Likely Filmed for First Time Mysterious Blue Whale Behavior ...