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

The episode, witnessed off the Australian coast, offers a rare glimpse into the brutal efficiency of the ocean’s top predator.

The marine mammal was a spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversii, the rarest species of beaked whale with only six specimens ... numia by Te Rnanga o tākou in honor of the area of the same name where ...

Scientists are probing the depths of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to learn more about elusive beaked whales. The small boat maneuvered within yards of a rare True’s beaked ...

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 mammal has distinctive spade-teeth and has the official species name Mesoplodon traversii. It is the rarest species of beaked whale with only six specimens confirmed to date. What's more ...