A 21-million-year-old fossil found along Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula has been recovered in what has been described as one of the largest and most complicated excavations in the state's history.

(CNN) — On the tail of the discovery of a whale fossil that is the largest animal on record, researchers in Egypt announced the unearthing of one of the smallest early whales known to science. The ...

Dr James Rule (L) and Dr Erich Fitzgerald (R) with the Murray River whale fossil at Melbourne Museum. Credit: Eugene Hyland. Source: Museums Victoria Dr James Rule (L) and Dr Erich Fitzgerald (R) with ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an ...

In this illustration provided by Ruairidh Duncan a Janjucetus dullardi is depicted chasing a fish. Ruairidh Duncan / AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some ...

Groundbreaking new research from the Museums Victoria Research Institute has turned upside down our previous understanding of the evolution of the largest animals ever––baleen whales. Palaeontologists ...

Did you know whales evolved from a land-based animal into an ocean-going mammal? To explore the evidence, we need to look at the desert, which may seem strange when discussing whales. The ocean once ...

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