Only seven spade-toothed whales have ever been identified, and the species has never been seen alive. After one washed ashore ...

The North Atlantic right whales, which were seen off the coast of Massachusetts, are one of the most endangered large whale species.

This summer, a male spade-toothed whale — the world’s rarest whale species — washed ashore in New Zealand, astonishing scientists and observers. The animal’s sleek, well-preserved body, which measured ...

State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on a beach in Kihei.

Whales are not only the biggest animals on the planet, but they’re among the longest-lived, too. A new analysis reveals that ...

Another of 2024's mysterious plant discoveries made by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was a species of rattan ...

A whale spotted in Hong Kong waters was found to have several head injuries ... “It is uncommon to see these species here,” society vice-chairwoman Viena Mak Hei-man said.

Preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 34 whales were found entangled in fishing ...

Inside the cores were fossilized remains — and a species new to ... are often found around hydrothermal vents, hydrocarbon seeps or with organic falls like sunken wood and whale carcasses.

A recent report published in Science Advances concluded that most great whale species have an’ unrecognized potential for ...

Scientists in New Zealand recently performed the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale ... is known about the species. Only six other specimens have ever been found — and none were ...