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

New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only ...

An extremely rare spade-toothed beaked whale is being examined by researchers in New Zealand. Only seven of its kind have ...

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

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is ...

After a pod of more than 30 pilot whales stranded themselves on a New Zealand beach, over a thousand volunteers and ...

According to local media reports, around 30-40 long-finned pilot whales were found stranded at central New Zealand's Golden ...

The dissection, conducted alongside Māori iwi members, honors the whale as a sacred “taonga” (treasure) and includes ...

Rescuers rope off an area around a dead pilot whale that was stranded on Ruakākā Beach in northland, New Zealand, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (Nikki Hartley/New Zealand Department Of Conservation via ...

A pod of more than 30 pilot whales were rescued after being stranded on Ruakākā Beach near Whangārei in northern New Zealand on Sunday, officials say. The Department of Conservation (DOC ...