Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean 'necropolis'

Researchers made a significant paleontological discovery of a vast collection of whale fossils up to 5 million years old in the deep ocean, including species previously unknown to science. This advances our understanding of whale evolution, ancient marine ecosystems, and deep-sea paleontology.

This does not prove anything about current whale populations or their future; it is a historical/paleontological finding rather than evidence of contemporary conservation progress.