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

(Department of Conservation via AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Whales are the biggest creatures on Earth. These animals are found in every ocean, but that doesn't make them fish.

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 ...

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 ...

They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target seals, sea birds and even whale species far bigger than themselves. Killer whales are also the only known ...

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 ...