On Saturday night, Calvert Marine Museum volunteer Emily Bzdyk was collecting fossils at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland when she made a discovery that could help write history books on marine life from ...

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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) — Paleontologists excavated one of their biggest discoveries in South Carolina on Friday. A dolphin fossil believed to be at least 25 million years old was found in ...

A new species of ancient dolphin has been discovered, and it may have had a strange and terrifying way of capturing its prey. The fossilized creature, named Aureia rerehua, is thought to have lived ...

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(NEW YORK) — An ancient dolphin skull and shoulder fossil discovered off the coast of Panama in 2011 may hold the keys to prehistoric climate change. New details about Isthminia panamensis — a newly ...

(CNN) — Picture a dolphin. Now imagine one that’s twice the size of a person. Around 16 million years ago, a dolphin giant cruised the depths of its watery domain. But unlike most modern dolphins, its ...

The shallow inland sea in which the newly described dolphin lived some 22 million years ago together with many other organisms, including a variety of microorganisms, algae, snails, mussels, relatives ...

In 2021, two scientists separated by hundreds of miles hopped on the phone to chat about bones. Jonathan Geisler and Robert Boessenecker were studying a collection of skulls and skeletons collected ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Not all dolphins live in the salty ocean. While rare, some river ...

DEL RIO, Texas (AP) -- Paleontologists say a fossil found in limestone along a remote South Texas riverbed could be that of a dolphin-like reptile that swam in ancient oceans some 90 million years ago ...