Beaked whale expert Anton van Helden inspects a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near Dunedin, New Zealand, on December 2, 2024. - Derek ...

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.

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

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 ...

The first dissection of a spade-toothed whale, a type of beaked whale, was completed last week after a painstaking examination at a research center near the New Zealand city of Dunedin ...

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 ...

The largest declines were found in beaked whales, according to the study. They were initially observed at all three of the deepest sites where data was gathered, but had declined by over 70% ...

Three whales have died, including one euthanised by the Department of Conservation (DOC), after a pod re-stranded in Golden Bay overnight. Thirty pilot whales remain stranded on Puponga Beach near ...

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 ...