Vestigial teeth and nine stomach chambers were just a few of the surprises waiting inside the spade-toothed whale. Photo: NZ Dept. of Conservation Scientists recently cut into the body of a spade ...
The teeth of dolphins and other toothed whales are connected to a uniquely thick bundle of nerve fibres, which might play a ...
Spade-toothed whales (Mesoplodon traversii) are among the rarest and least-studied whales, partly due to their deep-diving behavior and long periods spent underwater in the vast, underexplored ...
This article concerns a five-metre marine mammal identified as the spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii). During the first autopsy of this individual, scientists discovered many new details ...
Mr. Hanson said on Thursday that he did not know why the female calf, who lived for a few days during the last weeks of ...
But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery. “I can’t tell ...
This summer, a male spade-toothed whale — the world’s rarest whale species — washed ashore in New Zealand, astonishing scientists and observers. The animal’s sleek, well-preserved body ...
The rarest whale in the world is being dissected this week by after washing ashore earlier this year. Only seven specimens of the spade-toothed whale have been documented since the 1880s.
But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery. “I can’t tell ...