Ancient whales were not master divers like their modern descendents
Biologists have discovered signs of decompression syndrome - the bends - in several different whale fossils, which suggests that ancient whales were not master divers like their modern descendents, a finding that could revise the evolutionary history of deep diving.
About 80 whales and dolphins were stranded Monday on a remote southwest Australian beach, and most of them died before rescuers could reach them, conservation officials said.