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Researchers found a huge whale graveyard dating back millions of years, with fossils, modern carcasses and deep-sea ...

Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of whale bones, including ...

Ancient Australian fossils indicate that the earliest eukaryotes depended on oxygen, providing new evidence that oxygen ...

A spectacular fossil fish discovered on a remote cliff in New Zealand nearly 30 years ago has finally revealed its full story ...

Approximately 160 million years ago, during the Age of Dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles ruled the seas. One such creature, an ...

It is generally accepted by archaeologists that modern humans originated in Africa and dispersed worldwide, while other ...