A 2014 study used satellite-linked tags to follow the dives of eight beaked whales off the southern California coast. The deepest recorded dive was 2,992 metres, breaking the record for diving mammals ...

The Sowerby's beaked whale was seen off New Quay, Ceredigion, by sightseers on a SeaMor Dolphin Watching boat trip. The whales are deep-diving oceanic species that typically live in waters over ...

The team was the first to distinguish the echolocation sounds made by True’s (pictured below) from those of the closely related Gervais’ beaked whale, for example. And thanks to the data collected ...

Australian researchers on Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first ... occupying deep water, and when they surface it is only for a very ...

A KILLER WHALE was observed in Irish waters as part of an aerial survey to deepen understanding of Ireland’s offshore arena ...

They live far from land and in deep oceanic waters, where they search for food at depths of 500 meters and more. The record holder for the deepest dive by a mammal is a Cuvier's beaked whale ...

The longest ever recorded dive by a whale was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long ...

As deep divers of the ocean, beaked whales and other marine mammals ... What would make a diving whale suddenly acquire decompression sickness, something it has evolved to avoid?

The largest declines were found in beaked whales, according to the study. They were initially observed at all three of the deepest sites where data was gathered, but had declined by over 70% ...