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

Researchers this week officially named Janjucetus dullardi, a cartoonish creature with bulging eyes the size of tennis balls, in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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

Researchers have named a bizarre, prehistoric species of whale discovered on a beach in Australia. Janjucetus dullardi “might ...

A 26-million-year-old fossil from Victoria has unveiled a small, sharp-toothed whale that sheds new light on the origins of today’s baleen giants. With its large eyes, razor-sharp teeth, and compact ...