A prehistoric leviathan that represents the largest known sperm whale on Earth once hunted smaller whales around 12 million or 13 million years ago, researchers say. Fossils of the whale's skull and ...

Leviathan melvillei gen. et sp. nov. Etymology. From Hebrew ‘Livyatan’ (‘Leviathan’ in Latin); name applied to large marine monsters in popular and mythological stories. Species is dedicated to ...

This article was updated at 4:15 pm ET. A prehistoric leviathan that represented a more savage Moby Dick once hunted smaller whales around 12 million or 13 million years ago, researchers say. Fossils ...

One of the largest and most powerful marine predators was a prehistoric killer sperm whale so big in size it rivalled the famous giant shark megalodon. Named after the Biblical sea monster and the ...

Rarely do scientists get to publish a research paper that begins with the words "The Giant Bite." On Wednesday, fossil hunters from Europe did just that. They've discovered one of the biggest ...

What would you get if you crossed a whale with a shark? Maybe something like Leviathan melvillei, a long-extinct, hypercarnivorous whale with teeth longer than any T. rex ever had. By comparing those ...

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The fossilised skull of a colossal whale with a killer bite has been uncovered by a team who reckon the monster shared the Miocene oceans with a giant shark. The bones, dated to 12 to 13 million years ...

What would you get if you crossed a whale with a shark? Maybe something like Leviathan melvillei, a long-extinct, hypercarnivorous whale with teeth longer than any T. rex ever had. By comparing those ...

A few weeks ago, I saw an exhibit at the Williams College Museum of Art, in Williamstown, Mass., of "Mocha Dick," a 52'-long, anatomically accurate, sculpture of the white sperm whale that inspired ...

A new species of 'killer' sperm whale with fearsome teeth that roamed the seas more than 12 million years ago has been discovered by scientists. The fossilised skull and jaw of the gigantic creature, ...