Prehistoric Whale Jaw Bone Sheds Light on the Evolution of Baleen Hidden in a museums’ collections for years, a fossil provides a link between past and present feeding mechanisms ...

Rethinking evolution It now appears whale evolution was more complex than a simple split 35 million years ago.

A study published this week on the first detailed examination of a large ancient dolphin provides new insights into how dolphins evolved differently than their relatives, the modern great whales ...

Humpback whales are giant filter feeders A prehistoric whale might force a rethink on the evolution of the marine giants. It suggests that the baleen whales lost their teeth long before they ...

The fossils of a 43 million-year-old four-legged prehistoric whale known as the “Phiomicetus Anubis,” in an evolution of whales from land to sea … Read More ...

When Pyenson is called on to exhume a phenomenal set of whale skeletons in Chile, the work of understanding one prehistoric ecology bumps up against human endeavors more directly.

Did you know whales evolve from a land based animal into an ocean-going mammal? To look into the evidence we need to look at the desert, which I know sounds a bit strange when talking about Whales.

NARRATOR: From prehistoric predators to the largest animal that has ever lived. How did the whale's journey begin? It's one of the greatest stories of evolution. "When Whales Could Walk." ...

Egyptian scientists say the fossil of a four-legged prehistoric whale, unearthed over a decade ago in the country's Western Desert, is that of a previously unknown species. The creature, an ...

Valley of the Whales An Egyptian desert, once an ocean, holds the secret to one of evolution’s most remarkable transformations.

In the distant past, all whales had teeth. Now, some feed using baleen instead. A new analysis of previously-discovered fossils has provided a fresh insight into the evolution of that baleen ...