A wildlife ranger says the discovery of a beached whale, believed to be a beaked whale, on South Australia's Kangaroo Island ...

On July 4, the Travers's beaked whale (Mesoplodon traversii), never seen alive before, washed up on a beach in Otago, New Zealand. The discovery is invaluable to scientists, who can now study the ...

Whale expert Anton van Helden, who has studied beaked whales for 35 years and described them as "the most enigmatic group of large mammals on the planet," expressed his excitement about the discovery.

The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago beach from its color patterns and the shape of its skull, beak and teeth. “We know very ...

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 ...

One significant area of research involves the distribution and abundance of beaked whales, a group that is notoriously difficult to study due to their elusive nature. A review of known and ...

Jay Cowen, from the trust, told BBC Radio Cornwall it was believed the whale was either a Cuvier's beaked whale or a northern bottlenose. "They both prefer offshore deeper waters, so it's quite ...

A spade-toothed whale washed up on a New Zealand beach earlier this month. To understand how momentous this is requires a look back at the history of the enigmatic species.

Certain dolphin populations may have dropped by 43%. Beaked whales — a reclusive, deep-sea class of animals with snouts that look like dolphins — dropped in numbers by up to 83%. They were ...

If you notice that all of the exhibits at the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology are looking even smarter than usual ...

In a post on social media, Project Jonah said another stranding had taken place in Christchurch, involving a juvenile beaked whale that came ashore in New Brighton. Project Jonah was called to ...