Instead, the Pennsylvania man stumbled upon a 12-million-year-old whale skull. According to Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Goddard and his family were visiting Maryland in October 2022 when they decided ...

NANTUCKET, Mass. – An entangled 19-year-old right whale appears to be in poor health because of a fishing buoy lodged in one corner of her mouth. Known as “Dragon,” the female whale was ...

The North Atlantic right whale, one of the most endangered marine mammals, is on a journey toward survival in the face of formidable odds. For centuries, these majestic creatures were hunted for ...

Lawrence River estuary for a North Atlantic right whale tangled in fishing gear. The Fisheries and Oceans Department said the whale was spotted Tuesday on the north shore of the river, near Quebec ...

Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59486-8 Cite This Page : ...

gray whales and either right whales or bowhead whales. Protein data cannot distinguish between the latter two whale species. Of 37 whale bone artifacts that yielded radiocarbon dates, many ranged ...

Analysis of 20,000-year-old bone tools from Spain demonstrates that humans used whale remains from at least five large species, including sperm, fin, blue, and gray whales, for toolmaking.

The bone, about 3 feet in length, then was airlifted out via a helicopter. A number of other bones were found nearby that could be even older and may include an intact whale skull.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in ...

The 96-year-old and his longtime friend, Mike Lopez, spent over a decade building a fully drivable, handcrafted Sherman tank replica. And yes—it actually moves. Their creation is a 40-percent ...