Another, slightly more recent form, called Ambulocetus ... "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old to make ...

Imagine looking at a majestic blue whale gliding effortlessly through the ocean, the largest animal on Earth. Now, picture ...

Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life ... One species of these relatives was called Ambulocetus. It lived in or near estuaries about 50 to 48 million years ago. Like ...

Whales, the ocean's largest creatures ... Pakicetus' descendants continued to adapt, leading to the evolution of Ambulocetus, which lived between 50 and 48 million years ago.

In the process he has shown that whales, once celebrated by creationists as the best evidence against evolution, may be evolution's most elegant proof. "Complete specimens like that Basilosaurus ...

As their descendants continued to adapt to life in water, the cetacean lineage led to species like Ambulocetus, which lived between 50 and 48 million years ago. Today, whales are divided into two ...