In the process he has shown that whales, once celebrated by creationists as the best evidence against evolution, may be evolution's most elegant proof. "Complete specimens like that Basilosaurus ...

As evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin points out, "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old to make the new." ...

The oceans are thought to be where life started but about 50-million years ago, something incredible happened: some mammals found their way back into the water. National Corporate funding for NOVA ...

Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, these marine mammals once walked on four legs. Their land-dwelling ...

Dr Sam Ellis, from the University of Exeter, who led the research, said in some whale species evolution had selected for a longer female lifespan so mothers and grandmothers could continue to ...

Spain leaves the Mediterranean populations of sperm whales and fin whales unprotected. This is the claim put forth by the ...

Getty Images Killer whales in captivity: they have been known to mimic other animals such as sea lions Dr Alex Thornton, senior lecturer in cognitive evolution at the University of Exeter ...