But we know for certain that this back-to-the-water evolution did occur ... But the important thing is that each fossil whale shares new, whale-like features with the whales we know today ...

Found on the southern coast of Peru, this amphibious creature had a tail and hooves and was the oldest preserved fossil of ...

"It isn't every day that you see a whale's leg," he said ... little limbs—perfectly formed yet useless, at least for walking—are a crucial clue to understanding how modern whales, supremely ...

What did the first whales look like? Pakicetus (pictured above) looked nothing like a whale, but it would have felt at home in the water. It lived on land, on the edge of lakes and riverbanks in what ...

“This is a genuinely surprising discovery based on a relatively complete fossil skeleton that shows that really ancient whales capable of swimming and walking ... of the whale evolution story ...