A sea creature mentioned in 13th-century Old Norse manuscripts, which historians thought was a kraken-like mythological monster, is actually a whale using a hunting strategy known as trap or ...

The discovery In May 1925 provided fodder for the argument between creationists and evolutionary biologists, but what does ...

The remains of an enormous ancient "monster" whale, one of the biggest predators ever, have been discovered in the Peruvian desert. Speaking at a press conference on March 17, paleontologists said ...

(via PBS Eons) Unlike in fiction, giant whales do not emerge fully-formed from the ocean deep. So, where did Livyatan melvillei come from? How did such a large predator live? And what caused the titan ...

LIMA ⁠— 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 now Peru ...

The origin of a medieval sea monster legend may have been found in a “mysterious” new feeding behavior used by whales, according to a report from Australian researchers. “Trap feeding,” as it’s called ...

The London Whale was hooked by a NYC "monster." The tale of how Boaz Weinstein and other hedge fund managers took JPMorgan for billions. Now running his own money, Weinstein was once a whale himself ...

The attributes of the “hafgufa” are also similar to an even older legend of the “aspidochelone,” a which is depicted in medieval manuscripts dating to the 13th Century. British Library image ca. 1250 ...