Whale graveyard dating back five million years discovered
Researchers have discovered a massive, five-million-year-old whale graveyard in the Diamantina fracture zone of the Indian Ocean. The site contains numerous fossils, including previously unknown species, providing new insights into ancient marine life.
Why it matters
The discovery offers a rare, deep-sea window into prehistoric biodiversity and evolutionary history.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Dan Sales Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images One researcher said the size, depth and age of the discovery was "far beyond anything we had imagined" (file photo) An enormous whale graveyard around 1,200km (745 miles) long has been discovered in the south-eastern Indian Ocean.
Scientific reporting based on findings published in Nature.
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