Tests on a tissue sample confirm a researchers aboard a vessel near Baja California were they first to observe the species ...

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in ...

In addition to confirming the whole genome of the animal, it also linked this elusive species to a well-recorded whale song.

A rare sea creature was spotted in Mexico as researchers document the first-ever live sighting of the ginkgo-toothed beaked ...

Vestigial teeth and nine stomach chambers were just a few of the surprises waiting inside the spade-toothed whale. Photo: NZ Dept. of Conservation Scientists recently cut into the body of a ...

Rangers Jim Fyfe and Tūmai Cassidy walk alongside what is believed to be a rare spade-toothed whale, on July 5, 2024, after its was found washed ashore on a beach near Otago, New Zealand. (Department ...

The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is one of 24 species of beaked whales, which are the second most ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and ...

It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New ...

Wellington, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse ...

The rib belonged to a zygorhiza, a toothed whale that lived 34 to 38 million years ago and grew up to 18 feet long. Whale ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A spade-toothed whale, one of the world's more rare species, is believed to have washed ashore on a South Island beach in New Zealand, the country's conservation agency ...