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Literally – its skeleton is dripping oil ... “They didn't get all the oil out though." Oil? That’s right – whales are oily.

An almost perfectly preserved whale skeleton thought to be between 3,000 and 5,000 years old has been discovered in Thailand. The bones were found in early November some 12km (7.5 miles ...

Work is under way to dismantle and move a 113-year-old whale skeleton from a maritime museum to allow for refurbishment work to take place. The juvenile North Atlantic right whale, the largest ...

At first glance, a whale skeleton might seem like a mere relic of the past. However, that of KOBO, a blue whale, reveals an unexpected surprise. Despite its death more than twenty years ago, its story ...

The Museum's vast blue whale skeleton is more than just a specimen - it's a 4.5-tonne parcel of social history. The animal has been dead for more than 120 years, but the legend of the day it arrived ...

UEDA, Nagano Prefecture—A nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a beaked whale dating back 13 million years has been unearthed here, the first discovery of its kind in the Northern Hemisphere.

Trace the 126-year journey of the blue whale from the sea to Museum. A blue whale skeleton weighing 4.5 tonnes is one of the first things visitors encounter when they enter the recently redeveloped ...