Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale ...

making it one of the most poorly known large mammalian species of modern times. The male spade-toothed whale beached in July near Taieri Mouth, in the southern province of Otago, New Zealand.

They made a number of discoveries. Photo from the Department of Conservation This summer, a male spade-toothed whale — the world’s rarest whale species — washed ashore in New Zealand ...

A sperm whale stranded on Cuttyhunk Island over the weekend, adding to alarming whale death toll since December. Here's what ...

Scientists in New Zealand are conducting the first-ever dissection of a complete spade-toothed whale, one of the rarest whale species globally. New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a ...

Department of Conservation (DOC) official Gabe Davies said in a statement that spade-toothed whales were one of the least known large mammalian species, with only six samples ever documented ...

Researchers studying the mammal couldn’t confirm if the species went extinct. Then in 2010, two whole spade-toothed whales, both dead, washed up on a New Zealand beach. Firstly mistaken for one ...

Archaeocetes: An extinct group of early cetaceans that are considered the ancestors of modern whales, including both baleen and toothed species. Dental filter-feeding: A feeding strategy where ...

the largest dolphin species, also have teeth, but their diet is different to other odontocetes. Killer whales are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and ...

It could be a similar, but even rarer species called the Gingko-toothed beaked whale. The dead whale's tissue will have to be genetically tested at the National Marine Fisheries Service Center for ...