When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years. Until recently, ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The newly described Janjucetus dullardi is known from juvenile remains. This illustration depicts ...
A 400 year-old mystery within Dutch artist Henrik von Athonissen's famous painting is solved as British art restorers discover that there used to be a beached whale right in the middle of the painting ...
An ancient whale species came forth from Victoria, Australia, in 2019. Now, its features have revealed that it was an entirely unknown species that swam in waters around 26 million years ago. The ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an ...