Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the U.S. these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

On July 4, the Travers's beaked whale (Mesoplodon traversii), never seen alive before, washed up on a beach in Otago, New ...

In this mammal, these tiny teeth suggest that spade-toothed whales evolved from ancestors with fully functional teeth. Over time, as the whale’s diet and lifestyle changed, the need for these ...

the early evolution of whales is better attested than that of most other creatures; that the first whales (distinguished from other mammals by a fan-shaped surface on the outer ear bone) had noses on ...

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 million years ago, giving birth to twins was the norm.

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

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However, a new study from the University of Geneva suggests that the egg could in fact predate all animal life. A ...

A dead humpback whale that washed up on Bayside Beach in Plymouth earlier this week will likely be moved to Bourne for study. As of Thursday, the whale "remained anchored on site where it first ...

A male humpback whale swam 13,046 km from South America to Africa, setting a record for the longest migration and crossing two breeding populations. In an astonishing feat, a male humpback whale ...