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Walking whale ancestor named after Egyptian god of death
By Laura Geggel published
Meet Phiomicetus anubis, a semiaquatic whale that lived in what is now Egypt 43 million years ago.
'Unimaginable' video shows great white sharks ripping humpback whale carcass to shreds
By Brandon Specktor published
NOAA researchers stumbled upon a gang of great white sharks scavenging a dead humpback whale calf off the coast of Boston. Now, they're sharing the footage.
Megalodon's mortal attack on sperm whale revealed in ancient tooth
By Laura Geggel published
An ancient sperm whale tooth has gouge marks on it that may have come from an megalodon attack.
Sperm whales: The biggest toothed predator
By Patrick Pester published
Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales, with enormous square-shaped heads and the biggest brains of any animal on Earth.
Stranded minke whale stinks so bad it's like 'death in a dumpster'
By Stephanie Pappas published
A dead minke whale that washed ashore in a Massachusetts town smells so horrible that authorities plan to cart it to a landfill.
Humpback whale swallows lobster diver before spitting him out
By Ben Turner published
Humpback whales hunt by taking big lunges at groups of fish, so the encounter was likely a fluke.
Will humans ever learn to speak whale?
By Randyn Bartholomew published
Cutting-edge technology is helping researchers collect and analyze whale communication.
Nuclear bomb detectors uncover secret population of blue whales hiding in Indian Ocean
By Harry Baker published
Scientists using sound recordings from underwater nuclear bomb detectors have discovered the distinct song of a previously unknown population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean.
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