Photographs (left) showing the extinct right whale partial skull with shark bite marks highlighted in red. The more complete ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the heart of Egypt’s Western Desert, scientists have uncovered more than 400 fossilized skeletons of prehistoric whales. These remains, some over 40 million years old, feature hind limbs and toes, ...

This documentary examines a prehistoric sperm whale species that hunted with enormous teeth rather than suction feeding. Fossil evidence reveals a skull built for powerful bites capable of targeting ...

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 ...

The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was just a small piece of bone sticking out of the bank of a creek. After digging it up, it turned out to be a fossilized rib ...