Whale expert Anton van Helden, who has studied beaked whales for 35 years and described ... help to fill in gaps about the whale's behavior, diet, and basic anatomy. Researchers studying the ...

Earlier this year, a spade-toothed beaked whale washed up on a New Zealand beach ... offering clues about its diet. “These details deepen our understanding of this rare species,” van Helden ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Akamine Jun explores foodways of whale meat in Japan, specifically detailing Baird's-beaked-whaling in the Chiba Prefecture in eastern Japan. Stretching over 500 years, the region has a rich whaling ...

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 ...

At about 1,000 feet, the pressure could crush us! But lurking 3,000 feet underwater, in the mysterious Twilight Zone, is the Baird's beaked whale, a torpedo-shaped giant with a bird like beak!