WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of ...
Officials praised as "incredible" the efforts made by hundreds of people to help save the foundering pilot whales.
Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's ...
More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand have been safely returned to the ocean after ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely ...
Scientists in New Zealand have begun dissecting what is considered the rarest whale in the world, a species so elusive that ...
More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a New Zealand beach were successfully returned to the sea thanks to a collaborative effort by locals and conservation workers, who used sheets to refloat the ...
None of the rescued whales were re-stranded, but three adults and one calf died, authorities said.
A whale species scientists know next to nothing about will undergo the first full dissection in New Zealand after washing ...
Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever been found, but all those discovered intact were buried before DNA testing ...
A whale species scientists know next to nothing about will undergo the first full dissection after washing ashore on a New Zealand beach this summer. Since the 1800s, only six other spade-toothed ...
New Zealand is a whale-stranding hotspot, with more than 5,000 episodes recorded since 1840, according to the Department of Conservation. The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on ...