Learn more about the techniques a research team used to record the songs of the elusive beaked whale in Brazil.

Whale watching is a popular pastime on coastlines around the world. Cetaceans like blue whales, humpbacks, and orcas can be ...

Goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) hold the record for deepest dive of any marine mammal, and researchers hope that examining how these animals manage their oxygen thousands of feet underwater ...

A tracking tag is attached to the fin of a Cuvier’s beaked whale. The tag helped scientists learn how the whale swims. (Handout) If there were a gold medal for marine mammal diving, it undoubtedly ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and ...

Scientists in New Zealand have begun a historic dissection of the rarest whale species in the world. The discovery of a male spade-toothed whale—which washed up near the fishing village of Taieri ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and ...

Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries, an expert said Friday. The first dissection of a spade-toothed whale, a type of beaked ...

Humans have visited space more often than the depths of the ocean. And that's because the deeper we go, the more dangerous the water pressure becomes for us. At about 1,000 feet, the pressure could ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the ...

Goose-beaked whales hold the record for the deepest dive of any mammal. Researchers want to learn their secrets to develop new drugs for human diseases. Goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) hold ...