Before whales became the ocean’s majestic giants that could swallow a whole kiyak, they were land-dwelling creatures that ...

Found on the southern coast of Peru, this amphibious creature had a tail and hooves and was the oldest preserved fossil of ...

A small whale drew a crowd this week when it entered harbor waters in Long Beach. Video from NewsChopper4 showed the whale ...

Time spent sewn up in a whale wasn’t the only curious historical treatment for rheumatism. Elixirs of dubious origin promised ...

This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the “Valley of the Whales.” Now, paleontologists have unearthed a whole new species of ancient whale dating to 43 million years ago ...

A whale that twice became stranded on a stretch of the north coast of Cornwall has died. A rescue operation started on ...

These winsome little limbs—perfectly formed yet useless, at least for walking—are a crucial clue to understanding how modern whales, supremely adapted swimming machines, descended from land ...

Early ancestors of the ocean's biggest animals once walked on land. Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, ...