WILMINGTON – Herb Harriss never heard the story directly from his father, but his mother always had one thing to say about the dead whale that washed ashore in Wrightsville Beach in 1928. “My mother ...

The distinctive songs of rare pygmy blue whales have been picked up by underwater nuclear bomb detectors. Haunting sounds show numbers of the elusive species have rebounded—after it was hunted to near ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On the obverse of this polished sperm ...

A rare whale tooth unearthed at a Copper Age “mega village” in Spain has shed light on the artistry of Iberian people who lived in the Mediterranean region over 4,000 years ago. The tooth, discovered ...

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, recently provided a comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of a sperm-whale tooth found in the Copper Age mega-site of ...

Researchers said the “remarkable” ancient site where the tooth was found is known for its size and rare artifacts. Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo S, Luciañez-Triviño M, Muñiz Guinea F, Cáceres Puro ...