Did you know whales evolved from a land-based animal into an ocean-going mammal? To explore the evidence, we need to look at ...

Egypt’s Sahara desert is home to around 600 Basilosaurus fossils. Basilosaurus means “king lizard,” but this creature was actually ancient whale. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

A rare whale tooth unearthed at a Copper Age “mega village” in Spain has shed light on the artistry of Iberian people who ...

Recently discovered bones of a basilosaurus in Mississippi offer insight into its life and what happened after its death.

Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59486-8 Cite This Page : ...

The belief that whales are so large they can swallow humans alive is as old as the Biblical story of Jonah and the whale. But while there have been instances of humans being engulfed in a whale ...

Five gray whales have died in the greater Bay Area over the past week, bringing the region's 2025 whale death toll to 14, officials announced Wednesday. The California Academy of Sciences and The ...

Scientists study humpback whales' bubble rings. They think whales use these rings to talk to humans. The whales make the rings during friendly times. Researchers from SETI and California ...

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors ...

Western Europeans crafted hunting weapons out of bones from whales stranded on the Atlantic shoreline between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, researchers report May 27 in Nature Communications.

SEASIDE, Ore. — An adult male sperm whale that washed ashore between Del Ray and Sunset Beach was hit by a vessel, according to a necropsy performed by researchers. The nearly 53-foot whale ...