Japanese scientists have identified a new species of living baleen whale after examining the skeletons of several specimens caught in the 1970s. Shiro Wada and researchers at the National Research ...

Scientists from Museums Victoria have uncovered a new species of ancient whale in the first discovery of its kind in almost two decades. A 25-million-year-old fossil found in Jan Juc on Victoria's ...

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors into ...

This photo provided by Samuel Lam shows a humpback whale and her calf in Papeete, French Polynesia, in September 2022. (Samuel Lam via AP) LONDON (AP) -- Whales sing loud enough that their songs ...

Unlike humans and other mammals, baleen whales don't have teeth or vocal chords. Instead, in their voice boxes, they have a U-shaped tissue that allows them to breathe in massive amounts of air and a ...

When they reach their destinations, wandering spiders from the tropical family Ctenidae often choose between two distinct ...

Whales are the biggest animal on the planet, dolphins are comparably smaller, but are they all one “big” happy family? They all belong to the Order Cetacea which is the group of sea mammals that ...