The evolution of modern cetaceans (including whales, dolphins, and porpoises) from terrestrial ancestors required many drastic anatomical, physiological, and behavioral changes. The development of an ...

The long periods of time that whales must hold their breath to dive and hunt also seem to have spurred genetic changes. Diving deep, as scuba divers know, means little bubbles of nitrogen can form ...

Read more The post Ambulocetus: The Walking Whale That Shows Our Evolution From Land to Sea appeared ... The first fossils of Ambulocetus were discovered in the early 1990s in Pakistan, ...

Whales kept theirs, not because they needed them, but because evolution is a gradual process filled with remnants of the past. Land-Loving Ancestors: The Early Whales ...

The whale ‘dark ages’ Baleen whales are the largest animals ever to have lived. Using plates made out of keratin to filter fish and invertebrates out of the water, the marine mammals have been able to ...

Around 400 million years ago, the ancestor of all four-limbed creatures took its first steps onto dry land. Fast-forward about 350 million years, and a descendant of these early landlubbers did an ...

‘In living whales, there is a triangular hollow inside the bone at the back of the jaw where a fat body is found, which helps to focus sound so that the animal’s brain can interpret it.’ This ...

There, early whales could take the evolutionary plunge. ... Basilosaurus and its close relatives have long stood as epitomes of aquatic adaptation in the epic story of whale evolution.

Named after ancient Egyptian king Tut, Tutcetus provides unprecedented insights into early whale evolution, life history, and paleobiogeography. The species' small size, ...

Newly discovered miniature ancient whale has name inspired by Tutankhamun Tutcetus rayanensis, which was only 8ft long, has provided an insight into the history of early whales, scientists say.

30-Million-Year-Old Whale Ancestor Sheds Light On Early Evolution Of Echolocation Researchers believe the anatomy of Xenorophus marks a key transition in the evolution of the technique.

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Move over, blue whale. There is a new contender for the most massive animal in Earth's history. Scientists on Wednesday described fossils of an early whale unearthed in Peru ...