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

Janjucetus dullardi “might have looked for all the world like some weird kind of mash-up between a whale, a seal, and a Pokémon,” according to Erich Fitzgerald, a senior paleontologist at Museums ...

Meet Janjucetus dullardi, an early cousin of today’s whales that roamed the sea 26 million years ago.

Long before the ocean’s largest filter-feeders roamed the seas, their smaller, sharper cousins ruled the warm shallows. One ...

A 26-million-year-old whale skull, belonging to the newly identified Janjucetus dullardi, has been unearthed at Jan Juc Beach ...

Australia is home to a unique bunch of native land mammals, such as koalas, wombats and wallabies. These furballs evolved in ...

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

A precursor to today's modern whale species, the 25 million-year-old creature was "deceptively cute," according to Erich ...

Scientists have identified a new prehistoric whale species, Janjucetus dullardi, from a 25-million-year-old fossil found in ...

An extraordinary fossil find along Victoria’s Surf Coast has revealed Janjucetus dullardi, a sharp-toothed, dolphin-sized ...

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Prehistoric fossils have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species off the coast of Australia.