A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according to a new analysis by paleontologists. The new analysis puts Perucetus colossus back in the same ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The newly described Janjucetus dullardi is known from juvenile remains. This illustration depicts ...

Chris Driesbach, left, and a volunteer stand over a whale fossil found along the Gaviota Coast. Driesbach, a geologist and fossil enthusiast, found the piece after the 2024 storm washed away sand from ...

A Smithsonian team of scientists re-examined a fossil sperm whale for the first time in 90 years and created an entirely new group in the sperm whale family, Albicetus, and introduced the species, ...

Why it's incredible: The valley holds hundreds of primitive whale skeletons, some of which have "feet." Whale Valley is a region of the Egyptian Sahara desert that is peppered with archaic whale ...

Scientists have discovered a "deceptively cute" ancient whale with large eyes and razor-sharp teeth that devoured prey off Australia around 26 million years ago. The newly discovered Janjucetus ...

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 Perucetus as ...

Chris Driesbach, left, and a volunteer stand over a whale fossil found along the Gaviota Coast. Driesbach, a geologist and fossil enthusiast, found the piece after the 2024 storm washed away sand from ...