While skin bone plates are well studied in crocodylians (shown here in a gharial, in purple), their presence in lizards and ...

At first glance, dolphins, sharks, and whales all cut similar figures as they glide through the ocean: sleek fins, smooth ...

A newly discovered stegosaur skull from Spain is offering rare insight into the anatomy and evolution of one of Europe’s most ...

A distinguished Victorian botanist, Auguste Glaziou’s hoax went undiscovered for 24 years.

The origin story of whales — how land-dwelling mammals returned to the sea — has long been pieced together from fossils scattered across the ancient Tethys Ocean. Now, a new discovery from western ...

The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as climate change disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Nearly one-fifth of the ...

BELOIT — Evidence that ancestors of today’s whales once walked on the land and how digital imaging technology can help unlock mysteries of the past were explored Saturday during the Roy Chapman ...

The blue whale that washed up on a southern Oregon beach in 2015 was in rough shape. Scientists couldn’t determine exactly how long the 200-ton, nearly 70-foot-long male had been dead, but several ...

BELOIT — Nick Pyenson, a top expert on whale evolution, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of The Roy Chapman Andrews Society (RCAS) Distinguished Explorer Award. Pyenson will be presented with ...

On the weekend of March 7, 1986, a huge humpback whale washed ashore at North Myrtle Beach. A local politician fought to prevent North Carolina State University from putting the bones on display in ...

Davidson family found 20-million-year-old whale fossil during a beach walk in Australia. Kristina Davidson said, “We spent some time trying to dig it up and look at it.” Whales have existed for over ...

From the California coast, you can see a lot of surfers. It's not so easy to see a blue whale. "There's probably only 10,000 in the entire world," marine biologist Nancy Black said. However, at UC ...