Marine scientists may learn more about the "rarest whale" in the world after a spade-toothed whale washed up on an Otago beach in New Zealand. According to the New Zealand Department of ...

WELLINGTON--Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest ... a spade-toothed whale. The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago ...

A dead minke whale washed up along the Ventura County coast last week ... showed up off the remote islands. The largest ...

A blue whale has washed up dead on a beach in Japan - the first time one has been sighted there A dead blue whale calf has been found washed ashore in ... The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says ...

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A private wharf has been dismantled after a 15-metre long animal was found stuck underneath. Skilled tradies took a ...

One of the world’s rarest whales ... a type of beaked whale, was identified by its colour patterns and the shape of its skull, beak and teeth, after it washed ashore on Otago beach earlier ...

One of the world’s most elusive animals has just washed up on a beach in New Zealand. The spade-toothed whale is, in fact, so ...

Local officials were notified that the whale had been washed ashore on 4 July at the mouth ... with only six samples ever documented worldwide. "From a scientific and conservation point of view ...

A whale which washed up on a New Zealand beach is an incredibly rare species, scientists say. Marine-mammal experts believe it is a male spade-toothed whale based on its colour patterns as well as ...