Spotting a sperm whale has never been easier

A sperm whale on the beach at Vlieland, in 2021. A humpback whale near Burgh-Haamstede in Zeeland, last summer. Whale strandings occur regularly in the Netherlands. But over the years, all kinds of long-extinct marine mammals have also washed ashore. Fossils of primeval whales, for example, which ruled the seas in the Eocene epoch, around […]

The Fossil Marine Mammals of the Netherlands

In 2023, the book “The Fossil Marine Mammals of the Netherlands” was published through North Sea Fossils. This book was written by Klaas Post and Noud Peters. The North Sea has been populated for millions of years by numerous species of baleen whales, toothed whales, seals, and walruses. The search for fossil remains of marine […]