It made international headlines last year. What does a scientific dissection of the world's rarest whale involve?

In July 2024, scientists in Otago, New Zealand, made a stunning discovery: an elusive spade-toothed beaked whale had washed up on the shore ... scientists could examine the species — an animal around ...

Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach ... B.C., on the northwest side of Vancouver Island. Log In or Sign Up ...

Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know?

A woman wearing a Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network T-shirt pours water on the beached whale on May 4, 2025. Water and sheets were used to keep the whale cool and moist in the summer heat.

Long Beach, B.C. - Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Guardian Gisele Maria Martin spotted the whale floating out in rough seas in front of the Esowista Peninsula on Monday and by Wednesday the ...

A dead minke whale washed ashore on Black Point Beach in Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday. The whale was 27 feet long and weighed approximately 6,000-7,000 pounds, according Bret Stearns ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists were in La Jolla Wednesday to investigate the carcass of a 55-foot ...

A dead grey whale washed up on Long Beach near Tofino this week is the first discovered fatality of the season in British Columbia waters — and could be part of a troubling trend of spring ...

It was sedated and euthanized later that night. Sperm whales have one of the widest global distributions of any marine mammal species and can be found in any deep ocean around the world ...