The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on New Zealand’s Pitt Island. Another discovery was made at an offshore island in the 1950s, and the bones of a third were found on Chile ...

The jawbone of a nearly 50-foot sperm whale that washed ashore in New Zealand's southernmost region has been removed. While the act is illegal, it's also considered disrespectful to the Māori people.

Endangered whale species finds home in waters off New York, New Jersey 02:20. Wellington, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one ...

Members of Māori tribe study a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near Dunedin, New Zealand, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

Residents of New Zealand, a hot spot for whale and dolphin strandings, are used to finding large sea creatures beached on their shores. But the creature that washed up on a beach in the nation’s ...

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 ...

New Zealand has 13 beaked whale species, including the spade-toothed whale, the report says. Researchers hope the discovery could provide new information about the species.

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

The jawbone of a nearly 50-foot sperm whale that washed ashore in New Zealand's southernmost region has been removed. While the act is illegal, it's also considered disrespectful to the Māori people.

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 ...

A helicopter flies overs an upturned boat with a survivor sitting on the hull off the coast of Kaikoura, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. A boat in New Zealand collided with a whale and ...