“DOC’s marine experts have confirmed this is a strap-toothed whale, a species of beaked whale,” Lindsay Tallman, senior community ranger at New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC ...
Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...
At about 1,000 feet, the pressure could crush us! 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!
Beaked whales can dive 2,000 metres below the ocean's surface. Why and how do they do it? Around 2,000 metres below the surface, the water is freezing, black and seemingly impenetrable. No light ...
Koala and Curlew, two endangered female North Atlantic right whales have gone off course, perplexing researchers.
A Cuvier's beaked whale was found dead near Pier 1, Sta. Ana pier, Davao City. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is yet to investigate the cause of death.
To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These ...
A Department of Conservation team responded to a report of an entangled Arnoux’s beaked whale in oyster farm infrastructure in Whangaroa Harbour. Video / Department of Conservation A search is ...
In September 2002, 14 beaked whales washed ashore in the Canary Islands bleeding from the ears. All eventually died. A post-mortem examination revealed that the whales showed signs of ...