A recent study from July 2023 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B sheds light on how marine mammals, like ...

Rhodocetus shows evidence of an increasingly marine lifestyle ... "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old ...

About 600 marine mammals stranded on Cape Cod in 2024, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). That’s more than twice the annual average and includes dolphins, porpoises ...

A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals that both structures ...

Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, these marine mammals once walked on four legs. Their land-dwelling ...

"This is unusual and tells us a lot about how mammals' evolution took place.” Small mammals living today have much shorter lifespans, some surviving for as little as 12 months, and maturing ...

Palaeontologists believe the marine mammal's four-metre-long (13 ft ... Researchers believe the discovery could shed light on the evolution of the whale and how it spread. "This is the most ...