{"id":19526,"date":"2026-06-11T17:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/the-largest-whale-graveyard-has-been-discovered-in-the-depths-of-the-indian-ocean\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:49:53","slug":"the-largest-whale-graveyard-has-been-discovered-in-the-depths-of-the-indian-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/en\/the-largest-whale-graveyard-has-been-discovered-in-the-depths-of-the-indian-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"The largest whale graveyard has been discovered in the depths of the Indian Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The deepest, largest, and oldest whale graveyard ever documented is located in the southeastern Indian Ocean<\/strong>, in the Diamantina Fracture Zone, not far from Australia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10546-z\">This was revealed in a study<\/a> published in <em>Nature<\/em>, the result of an international scientific expedition that explored the seafloor using the Fendouzhe submersible, capable of reaching depths of 11,000 meters.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-una-necropoli-lunga-1-200-chilometri\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A 1,200-kilometer-long necropolis<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers have identified 485 sites containing cetacean fossils and five still-decomposing carcasses at depths ranging from 4,600 to 7,002 meters. The remains are distributed along an axis of approximately 1,200 kilometers, a concentration never before observed in the oceans. The study openly refers to a possible \u201csupercorridor of deceased whale communities,\u201d a natural biological infrastructure capable of sustaining life in the planet\u2019s deepest depths.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19502\" src=\"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig2_HTML-compressed-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig2_HTML-compressed-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig2_HTML-compressed-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig2_HTML-compressed-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig2_HTML-compressed-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig2_HTML-compressed-1471x2048.jpg 1471w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig2_HTML-compressed.jpg 1528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photos of Nature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" data-id=\"19503\" src=\"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig1_HTML-compressed-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig1_HTML-compressed-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig1_HTML-compressed-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig1_HTML-compressed-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig1_HTML-compressed-1536x927.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41586_2026_10546_Fig1_HTML-compressed-2048x1236.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photos of Nature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This discovery shows that these extreme and unexplored environments are home to species and ecosystems still unknown to science,&#8221; explained <strong>Giovanni Bianucci of the University of Pisa<\/strong>, a co-author of the study.<\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-fossili-di-5-3-milioni-di-anni\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.3-million-year-old fossils<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most striking aspect of the discovery concerns the age of the fossils. Isotopic analyses of the fossils indicate that some whales sank in that area <strong>at least 5.3 million years ago<\/strong>, during the Pliocene. Among the identified remains<strong> is also a new species of beaked whale, named <em>Pterocetus diamantinae<\/em><\/strong>. The ocean floor has thus preserved an archive of cetacean evolution for millions of years. The extremely low sedimentation in the area prevented the remains from being buried quickly, allowing for their exceptional preservation.    <\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-dove-la-morte-genera-vita\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where death gives rise to life<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whale carcasses become ecological oases. Around the bones, scientists have observed worms that feed directly on bone tissue, symbiotic mollusks, crustaceans, brittle stars, and other specialized life forms. Many of these may be new to science. At one of the deepest sites, at nearly 6,800 meters, a biological community lived on the vertebrae of a beaked whale. It is the deepest active \u201cwhale fall\u201d ever documented.    <\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-perche-proprio-li\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why there, of all places?<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authors of the study hypothesize that the Diamantina area is a natural accumulation site for dead whales. On one hand, it lies along a migration route for large filter-feeding cetaceans, such as minke whales and sei whales; on the other, the deep oceanic rift is an ideal hunting ground for beaked whales, which specialize in extreme dives in search of squid. The &#8220;V&#8221;-shaped topography of the seafloor may channel the carcasses toward the center of the rift, while the extremely low sedimentation rate facilitates their preservation over geological time.  <\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"h-una-frontiera-ancora-sconosciuta\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A frontier yet to be explored<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As industrial interest in deep-sea mining grows, an ecosystem is emerging that harbors unique biodiversity and a biological memory stretching back millions of years. \u201cLife can adapt and evolve even in extreme environments where there is no light and the pressure is extremely high,\u201d added Bianucci. For oceanography and marine biology, the Diamantina necropolis represents a new chapter in our understanding of life in the deep ocean.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a depth of over 7,000 meters and stretching 1,200 kilometers: 5-million-year-old fossils and previously unknown species reveal a unique deep-sea ecosystem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":19527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowscnaCw:productID":"","_app_feed_target":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1616],"tags":[2297],"class_list":["post-19526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals","tag-whales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The largest whale graveyard has been discovered in the depths of the Indian Ocean &#8226; 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