Mario Urbina Schmitt, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in Lima, Peru ... finds so many fossils that he can afford to be picky. “Anyone can find a normal whale,” he said.

scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales. Researchers described the species — named Perucetus colossus, or "the colossal whale from Peru" — in the journal ...

Nestled between the Andes and the Pacific, the sparse desert surrounding this outpost in southern Peru looks ... feathers and the fossils of the Leviathan Melvillei, a whale with teeth longer ...

The partial skeleton of Perucetus was excavated in a coastal desert in southern Peru - a region rich with whale fossils - with 13 vertebrae, four ribs and one hip bone.

LIMA: Scientists excavate a vertebra fossil of Perucetus colossus, a huge early whale that lived 38-40 million years ago, in a remote coastal desert in southern Peru. — REUTERS Join our Whatsapp ...

A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might ... began in 2006 in the Ica (Valley) in southern Peru “in one of the most important fossil vertebrate assemblages of the Cenozoic Era ...

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Move over, blue whale. There is a new contender for the most massive animal in Earth's history. Scientists on Wednesday described fossils of an early whale unearthed in Peru ...

Scientists in Peru have announced a new contender for the heaviest animal in Earth’s history. While today’s blue whale has long held the title, researchers said on Wednesday that fossils of a ...

Scientists on Wednesday (Aug 2) described fossils of an early whale unearthed in Peru called Perucetus colossus that lived about 38-40 million years ago during the Eocene epoch - a creature built ...