Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

On 4 July, the spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii), which has never been seen alive, washed up on a beach in Otago, ...

"We could not confirm its size, but it doesn't look like a calf or juvenile. It looks more like an adult or sub-adult." ...

New Zealand scientists have begun dissecting a spade-toothed whale, considered the rarest whale in the world, marking the first time researchers have been able to study a complete specimen.

“No news is good news” in the tale of the sperm whale sighted in Waterford Estuary last week. There have been no sightings of ...

— Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what ...

A large sperm whale was spotted near Arthurstown, Co Wexford on Tuesday close to the Waterford Estuary. Locals had been ...

A rare strapped-tooth whale died after attempting to strand on the coast of New Zealand, according to conservation officials. Photo from James Lee, UnSplash A rare whale recently died after ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Analysis of blubber samples from 11 toothed whale species stranded on Japanese coasts identified over 300 organohalogen compounds, revealing species-specific ...

Some whales, like sperm whales and beaked whales, are classified as "toothed whales" because they have teeth. Baleen whales, on the other hand, have large, comb-like "baleen plates" that are made ...