Moreover, nobody has seen this giant beaked whale alive ever. Indigenous communities and conservation scientists worked together to advance knowledge of this species (Mesoplodon traversii).

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!

Two whales found dead at a coastal park in northeast Florida are believed to be a mother and her calf, state officials say.

All beaked whales have different stomach systems and researchers don’t know how the spade-toothed kind processes its food. They don’t know how this one died.

All varieties of beaked whales have different stomach systems and researchers didn’t know how the spade-toothed type processed its food. 6 A near-perfectly preserved 16-foot male was found ...

The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on New Zealand’s Pitt Island. Another discovery was made at an offshore island in the 1950s, and the bones of a third were found on Chile ...

A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird’s beaked whales surfaced in Monterey Bay, thrilling onlookers who waited for their ...

A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird’s beaked whales surfaced in Monterey Bay, thrilling onlookers who waited for their ...

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, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 (AP Photo ...

A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird’s beaked whales surfaced in Monterey Bay, thrilling onlookers who waited for their ...