The massive necropolis, located deep in the southeastern Indian Ocean, is teeming with marine life supported by the whale carcasses, including many suspected new species ...

Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of whale bones, including ...

The ocean floor is covered with dead whales–but it is everything but a biohazard. When a whale dies, its body sinks to the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists ...

Whale falls form when whale carcasses sink to the seafloor, creating localized concentrations of biodiversity in the deep ...

Deposited over millions of years, the whale necropolis is covered with deep-sea species, many of which are new to science.

The skeleton of a rare Omura's whale discovered off Singapore's coast is offering scientists a rare opportunity to study one ...

Scientists uncovered a whale necropolis in the Indian Ocean at nearly 7,000 meters deep, revealing 476 fossils and new ...

Humpback whales are one of the most popular species for whale watching. Since they are active close to the water's surface, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the ...

The ocean is teeming with life, so it's no surprise that a lot of life meets its end there, but scientists were shocked to ...