Once thought to be restricted to more temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the beaked whales' range also includes waters in the southern Indian and South Atlantic Oceans as well as the Tasman Sea.

In July 2024, scientists in Otago, New Zealand, made a stunning discovery: an elusive spade-toothed beaked whale had washed up on the shore. The whale had never been seen in the wild, and finding a ...

Wayne Brown of Hawke's Bay filmed two potential beaked whales near the shore of East Clive Beach. Video / Wayne Brown A rare strap-toothed whale has died after an attempted stranding on East Clive ...

DoC ranger Jim Fyfe and mana whenua ranger Tūmai Cassidy with a rare beaked whale, found near Taieri Mouth. Photo / Department of Conservation A type of beaked whale species has washed ashore in ...

A dead beaked whale washed ashore on a Monmouth County beach Thursday, the second dead whale found at the Jersey Shore this year, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The stranding ...

SPRING LAKE - A dead beaked whale was discovered early Thursday morning in Spring Lake at the beach near St. Clair Avenue, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center of Brigantine.

The animal was determined to be part of the beaked whale family, and the 13-foot carcass was taken to the Animal Health Diagnostic Lab of the state's Department of Agriculture in Trenton ...

A rarely seen species of beaked whale was found dead Thursday morning on a beach in Monmouth County, prompting an investigation into what led to the animal's death, wildlife officials said.

Five minutes, 10, 20. Then, the surface of the water broke. It was a Baird’s beaked whale, one of the rarest whales to see off the California coast. Excited, the crew steered the boat to where ...