During the course of evolution, toothed whales have lost their vocal folds, but evolved an entirely new set of sound sources in the nose." Reporting by Will Dunham, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien.

The spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversi, is the world's rarest whale. Since 1872, only seven specimens have been found, and none have ever been sighted alive at sea.

In addition to New Zealand, spade-toothed whale remains have also been found in Chile. The whale found on July 4 has been moved to cold storage to preserve the remains until the involved agencies ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast ...

Some whales use vocal fry to find and catch their food, new research says Scientists have confirmed that toothed whales use vocal registers to produce a variety of sounds – something previously ...

According to the DOC, the spade-toothed whale was first documented in 1874 from lower jaw and teeth samples collected on Pitt Island, around 500 miles off New Zealand’s west coast.

The spade-toothed whale, also known as Mesoplodon traversii, was first denoted as a distinct species within the beaked whale family in 1874, after a piece of its jaw was found on Pitt Island, ...

Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins, sharks, and even other whales and dolphins. Sperm whales dive up to 3,000 feet (900 m ...

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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast ...