A new species of ancient whale, Perucetus colossus, was a giant of the ocean. It may have weighed twice as much as a blue whale because of its dense bones. Researchers hypothesize that it was a slow ...

Whale I'll be. A submarine crew spots the mammal's bones, complete with weird wiffleball-like growths, decomposing off the California coast. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

The skeleton of a huge, ancient whale has been identified by scientists using ground-penetrating radar technology, and researchers are planning to excavate the resting place of the dead sea creature ...

After nine months of some well-deserved R&R — restoration and refurbishment — Santa Barbara’s iconic Blue Whale skeleton will come home to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Wednesday for ...

A pair of scientific surveys recently turned up a few surprises on the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles. First, there were the thousands of naval weapons. And then, researchers found the remains ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The skeleton of a blue whale that washed ashore on the Oregon coast eight years ago was recently sent to Canada for the final cleaning process before specialists prepare it for ...

The cleaning crew, wearing dish-washing gloves and wielding scrub brushes, looked like volunteers at a car wash. But instead of polishing hubcaps and chrome, they were using Dawn dish soap on massive ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When visiting the New Bedford Whaling Museum in southeastern ...

The bones of an extinct North Atlantic gray whale went from being collected on a beach and stored in a garage to calling the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History their new home. According ...