A near-perfectly preserved 5-meter (16-foot) male was found washed up on a South Island beach in July. It was the first ...

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

Scientists in New Zealand completed the first-ever dissection of a rare spade-toothed whale, revealing intriguing ...

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

Scientists in New Zealand are conducting the first-ever dissection of a complete spade-toothed whale, one of the rarest whale ...

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

New Zealand scientists have begun dissecting a spade-toothed whale, considered the rarest whale in the world, marking the ...

Scientists met today to dissect the world's seventh known male spade-toothed whale, which washed up near a fishing village in ...

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

This was the first time a rare spade-toothed whale was dissected.