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At the bottom of the Indian Ocean, researchers find 5.3-million-year-old whale necropolis

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The high concentration of whale remains in the region raises the question of how exactly this graveyard was formed.

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Seven thousand metres below the surface, where light no longer exists for a long time, researchers have just discovered what scientists call the "greatest necropolis" of whales that have ever been documented. Researchers have identified more than 476 cetacean fossils as well as five recent carcasses, aged at most a few decades, along a 1,200-kilometre corridor, in an underwater fracture zone called Diamantina, west of Australia. The study, publi…

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In the southeastern Indian Ocean, researchers have discovered the oldest and deepest whale cemetery that has unexpectedly become a haven for a host of bizarre sea creatures.

At the bottom of the sea were found hundreds of fossils with millions of years, extinct species never described before and active ecosystems that thrive in whale carcasses.

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Scroll India broke the news in Mumbai, India on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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