A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird’s beaked ...

Boaters got “lucky enough” to spot a plethora of sea creatures off the coast of California, spotting multiple species in one ...

Whales travel through the ocean, lunging, leaping, and playing, with grace and swiftness that belie their huge size. The ...

A baby sea creature was spotted hunting down anchovies with its mama off the coast of California. On June 14, a tour group got the chance to see their "largest pod" of long-beaked common dolphin, ...

The Cuvier’s beaked whale, named after French naturalist Georges Cuvier, ... Sperm whales regularly dive to 1,000-2,000 meters for 30-60 minutes in pursuit of giant squid. Northern bottlenose whales, ...

Cuvier’s beaked whales are among the least understood cetaceans due to their deep-diving behavior and preference for offshore waters. Growing to lengths of 5-7 meters (16-23 feet) and weighing up to 3 ...

5 fast facts about whales. Cuvier's beaked whales hold the record for the deepest-diving mammal.They can go nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) below the water's surface — about 10 times deeper than ...

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!

Baird’s beaked whales show up in March, April, August, and September. Killer whales (orca) are mostly spotted in April, May, and June. The season for minke whales is May to July. Sperm whales can be ...

A beaked whale that recently washed up dead on a New Zealand beach likely belongs to the world's rarest cetacean species. If confirmed, researchers could dissect the species for the very first time.

Then, in 2010, a spade-toothed whale mother and calf washed ashore on another New Zealand beach near the Bay of Plenty. They were mistaken for common beaked whales, and only tissue samples were ...

Dave Anderson, who operates Capt Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari out of Dana Point Harbor, clearly remembers the controversy and confusion over how to describe the long-beaked dolphins.