The fossil discovered at Sea-Tac Airport is at the Burke Museum, and named for the man who first came across it. Nearly 60% ...

Analyzing the anatomy of early fossil cetaceans in the context of modern mammals to understand the evolution of cetaceans from terrestrial ancestors. <p>The evolution of modern cetaceans (including ...

Baleen whales, known scientifically as Mysticeti, are a fascinating group of marine mammals that have evolved unique feeding mechanisms and adaptations over millions of years. Their fossil record ...

A rare pre-historic fossil, possibly 35 to 40 million years old, has been stolen from a village in Meghalaya, leaving people ...

A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest ... 39 million years ago and belonged to an extinct group of early whales called the basilosaurids. Perucetus' bones are unusually ...

Fossils of early animals of the Avalon assemblage c.565 million years old at Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Mammal bites dinosaur in ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ fossil find Extrapolating ... Today’s cetaceans include dolphins, whales and porpoises, but their early ancestors lived on land, some resembling ...

The gravel pit's status as a fossil site is reinforced by the continuous stream of finds, including the recent whale skeleton.

A 9-million-year-old delphinid fossil found in Shin-Totsukawa, Hokkaido, was previously considered the oldest one known. This marks the third time a new fossilized whale or dolphin species has ...

A road-widening project has unearthed four new baleen whales species in Southern California’s Laguna Canyon. The fossil specimens, at 17 to 19 million years old, are the most recently evolved toothed ...