Scientists in New Zealand are carrying out a dissection of a spade-tooth whale, which is one of the rarest whale species in the world, as part of the first such examination of the entire specimen.

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 ...

Scientists in New Zealand recently performed the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale. They made a number of discoveries. Photo from the Department of Conservation This summer ...

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 ...

After the attack, which took place off the coast of Honduras, one of the orcas charged “directly” at the anglers’ boat.

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 ...

Scientists initially expected some whale populations to rebound a decade after the BP oil spill. New research suggests they ...

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 ...