It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species ...

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 ...

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

A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which ... Other people aboard the vessel can be heard laughing and cheering in the background. Jumping orca whale. Image by MennoSchaefer ...

Paternity analysis results also suggest New Zealand right whale calves have fathers from the New Zealand population, consistent with the idea the population is relatively distinct from Australia.

New Yorkers enjoyed a rare whale sighting on Monday after one was spotted swimming in the East River. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the sighting to the Gothamist on Tuesday. At the time ...

Chris St. Lawrence was in class at New York University when the 3:45 p.m. alert came through that the whale had kicked its flukes above the surface just below the Brooklyn Bridge. By the time he ...