Analysis of its fossilized stomach contents suggests that Basilosaurus isis, an ancient whale that could grow to more than 50 feet long, swam at the top of the food chain and took its prey by the head ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Paleontologists have unearthed the skull of a ferocious marine predator, an ancient ancestor of modern-day whales, which once lived in a prehistoric ocean that covered part of what is ...

Basilosaurus Isis was as long as a bus and bit with over 1,000 kilos of force A FEARSOME monster that stalked the seas 40million years ago feasted on sharks and baby whales. That’s according to a new ...

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. Scientists called the creature a ...

An excavation in Egypt has revealed the last meal of a monstrous creature that prowled the oceans millions of years ago. Despite its sinuous, snake-like body and a name that means “king lizard”, ...

Scientists have analyzed the stomach contents of a coach-sized prehistoric whale, known as Basilosaurus isis, for the first time, finding that it was a fearsome apex predator in its day. Now extinct, ...

Fig 1. Skeletons of Basilosaurus isis (A; CGM 42195) and Dorudon atrox (B; CGM 42183 and UM 97512, 100146, 101215, 101222) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, as exhibited at the University of Michigan. The ...

Topping out at a length of about 8 meters (26 ft), the killer whale (or orca) is the ocean's top predator – it even goes after other kinds of whales. With that in mind, just imagine what fun a ...

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A FEARSOME monster that stalked the seas 40million years ago feasted on sharks and baby whales. That’s according to a new study, which has uncovered the gruesome diet of the 15-metre-long Basilosaurus ...

The stomach contents of ancient whale Basilosaurus isis suggest it was an apex predator, according to a new study. The stomach contents of ancient whale Basilosaurus isis suggest it was an apex ...