The body of a creature that is believed to be the world’s rarest whale just washed up on the shore of a beach in New Zealand. Scientists identified it as a spade-toothed whale due to the shape ...

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 ...

Rare spade-toothed whale in New Zealand. Department of Conservation/AP. The species was first discovered in 1874 when a lower jaw and two teeth were collected from Pitt Island, Rēkohu in New ...

Residents of New Zealand, a hot spot for whale and dolphin strandings, are used to finding large sea creatures beached on their shores. But the creature that washed up on a beach in the nation’s ...

The whale recently found was discovered at the mouth of the Taiari River, in the Otago province located on New Zealand's South Island, the BBC reported. The Māori , an indigenous people of New ...

The species was first discovered in 1874 when a lower jaw and two teeth were collected from Pitt Island, Rēkohu in New Zealand, according to the press release.

New Zealand is a whale-stranding hotspot, with more than 5,000 episodes recorded since 1840, ... The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on New Zealand’s Pitt Island.

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's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...