Scientists initially expected some whale populations to rebound a decade after the BP oil spill. New research suggests they ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN21d
Scientists Just Dissected the World’s Rarest Whale in New Zealand. Here’s What They FoundOnly seven spade-toothed whales have ever been identified, and the species has never been seen alive. After one washed ashore ...
Chip Chick on MSN10d
The World's Rarest Whale Has Been Dissected For The First Time, And Here's What Was Discovered In The ProcessBack in July, a mysterious whale carcass washed ashore on the South Island of New Zealand. It was 16 feet long and weighed ...
The spade-toothed whale is among the rarest and least-studied of whales. Until recently, only six records of the species ...
But this was no ordinary whale. “I immediately went, ‘Oh my goodness, it’s a spade-toothed whale!’” the senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC ...
Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries, an expert said Friday. The first dissection of a spade-toothed whale ...
Vestigial teeth and nine stomach chambers were just a few of the surprises waiting inside the spade-toothed whale. Photo: NZ Dept. of Conservation Scientists recently cut into the body of a spade ...
The Associated Press on MSN24d
New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world's rarest whale died from head injuriesScientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries.
The first dissection of a spade-toothed whale, a type of beaked whale, was completed last week after a painstaking examination at a research center near the New Zealand city of Dunedin ...
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