Chinese deep-sea explorers have identified the largest 'whale-fall' site ever recorded in the Indian Ocean, featuring an extensive accumulation of whale fossils and unique ecosystems dating back millions of years.

Chinese deep-sea explorers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have discovered the largest “whale-fall site” ever recorded in the Indian Ocean. The graveyard is the Earth’s deepest and most extensive known accumulation of whale fossils, carcasses and the unique ecosystems they support, with some fossils dating back about 5.3 million years. Detailed in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Wednesday, the study was conducted by researchers from the CAS Institute of...