The exquisite lineup at Raglan on New Zealand's North Island is more renowned for its perfection and pastoral beauty than its ...

Anton van Helden, an expert on some of the world’s rarest whales, was sitting on the couch in July recovering from surgery, ...

Spade-toothed whales are extremely rare. None have ever been spotted alive at sea. One surfaced in New Zealand in July and now scientists hope to study it and find ways their adaptions to extreme ...

Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's ...

But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved ...

It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species ...

A whale species scientists know next to nothing about will undergo the first full dissection in New Zealand after washing ...

International scientist's, Alexander Werth, from left, professor Joy Reidenberg and Michael Denk study a male spade-toothed ...

A group of scientists in New Zealand will conduct the first dissection of the mystery spade-toothed whale, which is the ...

It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species ...

The dissection, conducted alongside Māori iwi members, honors the whale as a sacred “taonga” (treasure) and includes traditional blessings. Key findings could shed light on ocean biodiversity and even ...

New Yorkers enjoyed a rare whale sighting on Monday after one was spotted swimming in the East River. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the sighting to the Gothamist on Tuesday. At the time ...