The tooth belonging to the whale was probably found along the coast after spending time underwater, as shown by tiny bioerosion marks left by sea creatures. The researchers suggest that after it was ...

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 ...

Appraisal: Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, ca. 1850, from Omaha Hr 2. Watch Ken Farmer's appraisal of a Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, ca. 1850, in Omaha Hr 2.

The migrations of sperm whales are impressive, and so, too, are the travels of their teeth. In 2018, a team of archaeologists discovered a fragment of a sperm whale tooth at Valencina, a Copper Age ...

A Massachusetts antique dealer has been indicted by the Justice Department for illegally importing sperm whale teeth. (We didn’t know this was a hot black market commodity, but then again, there’s a ...

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A rare whale with long, spiked teeth washed up on a southern California beach. According to Jim Serpa, a former Doheny State Beach supervisor who lives in San Clemente, Calif., the photographs he was ...

Marine biologists are examining the remains of what's believed to be a spade-toothed whale, one of the planet’s rarest marine mammals, which washed ashore on a New Zealand beach on July 4. The ...

Sam Walters is the associate editor at Discover Magazine who writes and edits articles covering topics like archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution, and manages a few print magazine sections ...

A rare whale with long, spiked teeth washed up on a southern California beach. According to Jim Serpa, a former Doheny State Beach supervisor who lives in San Clemente, Calif., the photographs he was ...