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Ancient monster whale more fearsome than Moby Dick

30 June 2010

A colossal whale with a killer bite may have ruled the oceans alongside a giant shark – and preyed on other whales

Zoologger: The biggest living thing with teeth

15 June 2010

It hunts the largest squid in the world, and helps combat climate change in the process. How does the sperm whale do it?

Whale poop is vital to ocean's carbon cycle

22 April 2010

Protecting endangered baleen whales in the Southern Ocean could help restore its carbon storage capacity

Early whales got the bends

8 May 2008

Several different whale fossils show signs of decompression syndrome – the finding could revise the evolutionary history of deep diving

The sharp-toothed past of filter-feeding whales

15 August 2006

Baleen whales are huge and harmless filter-feeders, but 25 million years ago a very different baleen specimen terrorised the seas off Australia

Commercial whaling suited killer whales

28 July 2005

The end of commercial whaling may have forced scavenging killer whales to turn on smaller prey, such as otters and seals, new research suggests

Lonely whale's song remains a mystery

10 December 2004

A single whale with a voice unlike any known species has been wandering the Pacific for the past 12 years, confounding experts

Dolphins' big brains evolved in spurts

29 October 2004

The largest fossil study of dolphin skulls ever performed reveals the impressive evolution of the clever creatures' brain

New whale species found in museum

19 November 2003

The stunning discovery follows an analysis of a few leviathan skeletons that have been gathering dust for 25 years in Japan

Japan's risky diet

26 July 2002