Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

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 ...

“DOC’s marine experts have confirmed this is a strap-toothed whale, a species of beaked whale,” Lindsay Tallman, senior community ranger at New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC ...

Beaked whales can dive 2,000 metres below the ocean's surface. Why and how do they do it? Around 2,000 metres below the surface, the water is freezing, black and seemingly impenetrable. No light ...

At about 1,000 feet, the pressure could crush us! But lurking 3,000 feet underwater, in the mysterious Twilight Zone, is the Baird's beaked whale, a torpedo-shaped giant with a bird like beak!

Which whales and dolphins tend to strand where? Pilot whales, sperm whales, beaked whales and deep-sea dolphins are the marine mammals most commonly involved in mass strandings. Baleen whales ...

Marine biologists and oceanographers are working together to investigate the death of two beaked whales off the coast of Baja California last month — the latest in a string of whale strandings and ...

A Cuvier's beaked whale was found dead near Pier 1, Sta. Ana pier, Davao City. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is yet to investigate the cause of death.

To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These ...

Findings included recordings of multiple near-miss events with fin whales and Cuvier’s beaked whales. The observed fin whales tended not to react to the ship’s presence. High rates of fin ...

The size of their meals depends on if they have teeth. Some whales, like sperm whales and beaked whales, are classified as "toothed whales" because they have teeth. Baleen whales, on the other ...