The spade-toothed whale is a member of the beaked whale family, which gets its name for its “dolphin-like” snouts, according ...

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 ...

The marine mammal was a spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversii, the rarest species of beaked whale with only ... in honor of the area of the same name where the whale was found at the mouth ...

Findings included recordings of multiple near-miss events with fin whales and Cuvier’s beaked whales. The observed fin whales tended not to react to the ship’s presence. High rates of fin ...

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 ...

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 ...