Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral.

Found on the southern coast of Australia, the species could fill gaps in scientists' understanding of baleen whale evolution ...

Janjucetus dullardi,' a dolphin-sized predator with slicing teeth, offers rare insight into the earliest stage of baleen ...

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach ...

An extraordinary fossil find along Victoria’s Surf Coast has revealed Janjucetus dullardi, a sharp-toothed, dolphin-sized ...

The creatures, which ranged in size from that of a fox to more than 50 feet long, divided their time between the coast and ...

A newly identified species of ancient whale reveals how the first baleen relatives hunted, sensed their world, and grew.

Scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying the species was ...

Long before the ocean’s largest filter-feeders roamed the seas, their smaller, sharper cousins ruled the warm shallows. One ...