The remnants of the ancient vertebrae — believed to be one of the largest whale fossils ever found in Australia — was recovered from under about 1.5 feet of sand on Thursday.

A 21-million-year-old fossil found along Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula has been recovered in what has been described as one of the largest and most complicated excavations in the state's history.

The Davidson family was taking a leisurely beach walk in Australia when they stumbled on quite a find. A whale fossil estimated to be about 20 million years old. The whale fossil was excavated from ...