Analyzing the anatomy of early fossil cetaceans in the context of modern mammals to understand the evolution of cetaceans from terrestrial ancestors. The evolution of modern cetaceans (including ...

Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after the extinction of all the large predatory marine reptiles? A study has looked into the possible ...

Cetaceans, comprising whales, dolphins and porpoises, represent a striking example of terrestrial mammals that re-inforced their life history in the marine realm. Originating in the early Eocene from ...

Synopsis of the earliest cetaceans : Pakicetidae, Ambulocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, and Protocetidae / Ellen M. Williams -- Middle to Late Eocene basilosaurines and dorudontines / Mark D. Uhen -- ...

In press (30 III 90), Thomas and Kastelein (eds), Sensory abilities of Cetaceans, Plenum Press (proceedings of the Rome (1989) meeting of the International Theriological Congress.

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. It’s nearly impossible to know how extinct animals behaved; there’s no Jurassic Park where we can watch them hunt or mate or evade predators.

Humans don’t hear that well underwater. But cetaceans – a group of marine mammals that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises – use sound in diverse ways. Baleen whales produce low-frequency calls ...

Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after the extinction of all the large predatory marine reptiles? A study conducted by Rebecca Bennion, a ...