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Scientists discover deep whale graveyard with bones dating over 5 million years old By Associated Press Published June 10, 2026, 2:48 p.m.

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Scientists discover deep whale graveyard with bones dating over 5 million years old By Associated Press Published June 10, 2026, 2:48 p.m.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleNEW YORK — Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a whale graveyard that is millions of years old.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Many of them are likely species that have never been documented, according to findings published Wednesday in the journal Nature.”
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Web search results confirm that findings published in the journal Nature state many of the species are likely undocumented.
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web search NEUTRAL — These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters.Many of them are likely species that have never been documented, according to findings…
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/06/10/scientists-discover-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Funnel to a graveyard. As for why many beaked whale corpses ended up on this one stretch of seafloor, the answer may lie in part in the Diamantina Zone’s V-shaped topography, said study co-lead author…
https://ktvz.com/cnn-other/2026/06/12/a-submersible-ride-rev…
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web search NEUTRAL — The scale of the find is unusual. According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, whale remains in the area reached densities of up to about 1,970 individuals per square mile, and extrapolations suggest…
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/scientists-ventured-into-one-of…
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Claim 2: “They found five carcass sites and fossils, including skulls belonging to beaked and baleen whales.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the discovery of five carcass sites and fossils, specifically mentioning skulls of beaked and baleen whales.
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Claim 3: “This one, located up to 23,000 feet (seven kilometers) below the surface of the southeastern Indian Ocean, spans the largest area and is so far the deepest and oldest found.”
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Three independent web sources confirm the location in the southeastern Indian Ocean, the depth of approximately 23,000 feet, and its status as one of the largest, deepest, and oldest found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a British Overseas Territory situated in the Indian Ocean. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual is…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia…
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Claim 4: “The bones were also coated with a light layer of minerals from the surrounding seawater, which may have prevented them from degrading.”
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While the evidence mentions the bones were dense enough to outlast worms and avoid burial, the specific claim about a 'light layer of minerals' preventing degradation is only explicitly phrased in a way that matches the claim in the provided AP-related search snippets, but not corroborated by a second independent source with the same detail.
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web search NEUTRAL — A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor, typically at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), putting them in the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_fall
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 11, 2026 ... They're dense enough to outlast attacks from bone-eating worms, and located deep enough in the ocean to avoid getting buried by dust and loose ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-whale-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... They're dense enough to outlast attacks from bone-eating worms, and located deep enough in the ocean to avoid getting buried by dust and loose ...
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2026/an-ancien…
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Claim 5: “Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a whale graveyard that is millions of years old.”
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Multiple independent web search results (AP, WRAL, and others) confirm the discovery of marine life communities including jellyfish, tubeworms, and brittle stars on a million-year-old whale graveyard.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a ...
https://apnews.com/article/whale-graveyard-diamantina-zone-2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... The fossil species Pterocetus bengulae and Izikoziphius rossi were found to be the oldest, with Sr-isotope average ages of 5.26 Ma and 2.44 Ma, ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10546-z
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/scientists-disco…
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Claim 6: “Researchers explored the remains during multiple deep-sea submersible trips in 2023, collecting samples and mapping the extent of the necropolis.”
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Web search results explicitly state that researchers explored the remains during multiple deep-sea submersible trips in 2023 to collect samples and map the necropolis.
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Claim 7: “The oldest bones date back 5.3 million years.”
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Three separate web sources explicitly state that the oldest bones date back 5.3 million years.
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web search NEUTRAL — The oldest bones date back 5.3 million years. Feeding and living on the carcasses were myriad creatures, large and small, including sea cucumbers, squat lobsters and saltwater clams.
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/2338a-scientists-discover-a-dee…
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web search NEUTRAL — They found five carcass sites and fossils, including skulls belonging to beaked and baleen whales. The oldest bones date back 5.3 million years.
https://qazaqyia.kz/en/ghalymdar-terengdegi-kit-ziratyn-tapt…
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web search NEUTRAL — The oldest dated bones go back at least 5.3 million years, while newer carcasses still feed deep-sea communities today. That combination gives scientists an unusual window into both ancient whale evol…
https://www.argo.net/scientists-discover-a-5-3-million-year-…
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Claim 8: “Feeding and living on the carcasses were myriad creatures, large and small, including sea cucumbers, squat lobsters and saltwater clams.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that sea cucumbers, squat lobsters, and saltwater clams were found living on the carcasses.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... Feeding and living on the carcasses were myriad creatures, large and small, including sea cucumbers, squat lobsters and saltwater clams.
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2026/an-ancien…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 18, 2026 ... ... carcasses supports huge communities of deep-sea life. No photo ... sea cucumbers, and clams are thriving on an ancient whale graveyard.
https://www.facebook.com/yahoonews/posts/the-worlds-largest-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... Feeding and living on the carcasses were myriad creatures, large and small, including sea cucumbers, squat lobsters and saltwater clams. A ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/science/scientists-discover-de…
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