But a new discovery from University of Pisa paleontologists may dethrone the blue whale in favor of a prehistoric cetacean ...

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 ...

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 ...

There have only been seven known sightings and never of a living spade-toothed whale. New Zealand conservation agency beaked whale expert Anton van Helden said the whale’s broken jaw and ...