The millions-year-old specimen discovered by a fossil enthusiast on the Gaviota Coast may be a never-before-found genus or ...

A 16.5-million-year-old "unusually complete" baleen whale fossil was found off the Santa Barbara Coast. While discovering the ...

One group of these evolving creatures, known as baleen whales, developed flatter skulls and filtering systems in their mouths, such as those seen in blue whales and humpback whales. Meanwhile ...

After the storms from 2024 pummeled the Gaviota Coast, fossil enthusiast and geologist Chris Driesbach decided to take a trip ...

The back of the skull and about 65% of the lumbar spine was ... it is common for the whales to attract large numbers of hungry sharks. Samples of skin, baleen, and barnacles were collected off the ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WNCT) — A humpback whale carcass was found floating along ... shark scavenging and decomposition. The back of the skull and about 65 percent of the lumbar spine was exposed ...

The back of the skull and about 65% of the lumbar ... Samples of skin, baleen, and barnacles were collected off the whale for research and education, officials said. Details of how the carcass ...