Marine biologists are examining the remains of what's believed to be a spade-toothed whale, one of the planet’s rarest marine mammals, which washed ashore on a New Zealand beach on July 4.

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, New Zealand (AP) — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the ...

It’s enough to chill one’s blood. California whale watchers were left terrified after encountering an undulating blood-red sea creature that looked straight out of a horror flick. A post ...

"Since the 1800s, only six samples have ever been documented worldwide," DOC Coastal Otago Operations Manager Gabe Davies said A rare spade-toothed whale may have washed up on the shore of a New ...

Now, experts in New Zealand are scrambling to confirm whether a 5-meter (16-foot) carcass that recently washed ashore on the country’s South Island is the near-mythical spade-toothed whale.

No one has ever seen a live spade-toothed whale. And until two weeks ago, no one had even seen a whole body of the creature. That was when an intact carcass of a male of the species was found on a ...

The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say. The remains of the obscure, five-metre (16. ...

A pod of 77 pilot whales has died after a mass stranding on a beach in Orkney. The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) rushed to Tresness beach on the Isle of Sanday just before 11am on ...

The country’s conservation agency said Monday a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is believed to be a spade-toothed whale. The 16.5ft creature, a type of beaked whale ...

A pod of 77 pilot whales that died after washing ashore in Orkney were healthy before they became stranded, according to initial findings. The animals were found on the island of Sanday on ...