Analyzing the anatomy of early fossil cetaceans in the context of modern mammals to understand the evolution of cetaceans from terrestrial ancestors. The evolution of modern cetaceans (including ...

cetaceans have undergone profound changes in their body and skeletal structure to thrive in aquatic environments, including the reduction of hindlimbs and the evolution of flippers and tail flukes ...

We are using the cetacean collections to investigate the ecology and evolution of the largest animals on Earth. We are taking 3D scans of the Museum's blue whale skeleton, and other cetaceans from our ...

They found that brain-case sinuses reduced across thalattosuchian evolution as they became more ... sinuses in ...