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

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

The spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversi, is the world's rarest whale. Since 1872, only seven specimens have been found, ...

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

Scientists in New Zealand are carrying out a dissection of a spade-tooth whale, which is one of the rarest whale species in ...

International scientist's, Alexander Werth, from left, professor Joy Reidenberg and Michael Denk study a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near ...

A spade-toothed whale that washed up in New Zealand in July 2024 is about to be studied, and scientists hope to learn more ...

There have been mutterings and murmurings over who might replace Ioan Cunningham, but so far there is no clear frontrunner.

A world-first opportunity to dissect and examine an incredibly rare whale species is under way in Dunedin. The spade-toothed ...

All Blacks winger Sevu Reece has avoided a conviction for wilful damage after he drunkenly crashed someone's car into their ...

Since the 1960s, a strange, repetitious quacking noise called a “bio-duck,” which can frequently be heard in the Southern ...

The two Americans and a Canadian failed to return from a planned ascent of 12,218ft Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook.