The marine mammal was a spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversii, the rarest species of beaked whale with only six specimens confirmed to date, and nobody’s ever seen one alive. Department of ...

A tragic incident has unfolded in Hartenbos in Mossel Bay, where two beaked whales were found stranded on the shore.

A 16-ft. female beaked whale of the genus Mesoplodon, family Ziphiidae, drifted ashore at Delmar, about 15 miles north of San Diego, California, on June 10, 1954, One of us (R. M. G.) made body ...

The Shepherd's beaked whale, also known as the Tasman beaked whale, was discovered in 1937 but little is known about them. Categories: Environment , International .

Beaked whales can dive 2,000 metres below the ocean's surface. Why and how do they do it? Around 2,000 metres below the surface, the water is freezing, black and seemingly impenetrable. No light ...

A group of tourists in Australia have captured rare footage of two “titans of the sea” clashing against each other. The video ...

In September 2002, 14 beaked whales washed ashore in the Canary Islands bleeding from the ears. All eventually died. A post-mortem examination revealed that the whales showed signs of ...

Whales are accomplished divers. The deepest whale dive recorded so far was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. A 2014 study used satellite-linked tags to follow the dives of eight beaked whales off the ...

Discover the vibrant wildlife of the River Dodder in Robert O’Leary’s new book, featuring stunning images and bilingual text ...

Despite attempts to guide the animal back into the ocean, the whale repeatedly returned to the beach, leading to the ...