Killer whales, also known as orcas, are easily recognized by their stunning black and white appearance. These huge animals can reach up to 26 feet long and are actually the largest members of the ...

Baleen is a flexible, keratin-based filtering system that allows whales to feed on massive amounts of tiny prey efficiently. Different baleen shapes and sizes reflect different feeding strategies, ...

Leviathan melvillei was one of the most terrifying marine predators to ever exist, dominating the oceans millions of years ...

A rare whale tooth unearthed at a Copper Age “mega village” in Spain has shed light on the artistry of Iberian people who lived in the Mediterranean region over 4,000 years ago. The tooth, discovered ...

Great white sharks' ancestors were attacking and eating whales in the North Sea five million years ago, reveals new research. Detailed analysis of two fossilized whale skulls dating back around five ...

About 25 million years ago, the warm, shallow seas off the southern coast of Australia were home to a bountiful scene of ocean-dwelling creatures. “In these seas, there was this extraordinary ...

Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the largest animal that’s ever existed on Earth—and that includes dinosaurs.

A painted reconstruction of a bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) scavenging on a tiny extinct right whale carcass during the Early Pliocene of the southern North Sea. A pod of an extinct whale ...