A family was going for a beach walk when they found an ancient whale's fossil.

The remnants of the ancient vertebrae — believed to be one of the largest whale fossils ever found in Australia — was recovered from under about 1.5 feet of sand on Thursday.

A 21-million-year-old fossil found along Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula has been recovered in what has been described as one of the largest and most complicated excavations in the state's history.

“The ancient DNA came to our rescue to secure the specimens’ true identity,” wrote Wooller and his colleagues. It also opened ...

Palaeontologists have successfully salvaged a 20-million-year-old whale fossil discovered on the Bellarine Peninsula.

Digging for treasures at the beach is a normal part of summer for many families, but scientists at museums Victoria have taken it to a new level. They've excavated a 21 million year old whale fossil ...

Wadi El-Hitan, or Whale Valley, preserves hundreds of fossilized whales dating back 37 million years. These skeletons document the transition from land mammals to fully aquatic whales, making the site ...

The Burke Museum hosted a book club meeting Feb. 19, discussing “Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State” by Elizabeth Nesbitt and David B. Williams. This e ...

A team of 20 paleontologists has announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species, ...

For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to ...

Paleontologists from Museums Victoria are working to unlock the secrets of a 20-million-year-old whale fossil.