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New Peruvian whale fossil discovery sheds light on whale lineages

September 15, 2017

Fossil whales’ teeth shows what ferocious predators they were

August 31, 2017

Extinct early whales listened like their relatives on land, fossil evidence...

June 8, 2017

Shedding light on the origin of the baleen whale

December 1, 2016

Whales in the desert?

August 25, 2016

Whales’ ultrasonic hearing has surprisingly ancient history, fossilized ear shows

August 5, 2016

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Plate tectonics may have driven ‘Cambrian Explosion’

June 21, 2019

Taking a deeper look at ‘ancient wing’

November 5, 2014

Exceptional view of deep Arctic Ocean methane seeps

June 23, 2015

New index reveals likelihood of terrestrial or aquatic lifestyles of extinct...

July 25, 2016

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The research findings hint at vast rivers of glacial water rushing like a reverse tsunami from the land into the sea, then pooling on top of extra salty, extra dense ocean water. Photo courtesy of AdobeStock.

When Earth was slushy

Roughly 66 million years ago an asteroid slammed into the Yucatan peninsula. New research shows darkness, not cold, likely drove a mass extinction after the impact. Credit: NASA

Fossil Pollen Record Suggests Vulnerability to Mass Extinction Ahead

Tail As Old As Time – Researchers Trace Ankylosaur’s Tail Evolution

Tell-Tale Toes Point to Oldest-Known Fossil Bird Tracks from Australia