Egypt's Wadi Al-Hitan — or "Valley of the Whales" — is famous for its abundance of fossils from the Eocene epoch.

While this is not the first time the fossil of a whale with legs has been found, the Phiomicetus anubis is believed to be the earliest type of semi-aquatic whale to be discovered in Africa.

The cetacean collection at the Natural History Museum is a treasure trove of remains from whales, dolphins and their ...

The vessel - made from a fin whale vertebra - contained a human jaw bone and two newborn lambs When they first unearthed the container near a broch at South Ronaldsay, archaeologists knew it was a ...