Spade-toothed whales are extremely rare. None have ever been spotted alive at sea. One surfaced in New Zealand in July and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
New Zealand locals help rescue more than 30 whales stranded on beach - Four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand’s ...
None of the rescued whales were re-stranded, but three adults and one calf died, authorities said.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely ...
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 ...
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New Zealand has recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings since 1840. The largest pilot whale stranding was of an estimated 1,000 whales at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the Department ...