Marine scientists may learn more about the “rarest whale” in the world after a spade-toothed whale washed up on an Otago beach in New Zealand.

Local officials were notified that the whale had been washed ashore on 4 July at the mouth of the Taiari river, in Otago province on New Zealand's South Island.

World’s Rarest Whale Washes Up on New Zealand Beach, Scientists Say Only six specimens of the spade-toothed whale have ever been identified.

New Zealand's conservation agency said a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is believed to be a spade-toothed whale.

A whale that was found dead on a beach in New Zealand earlier this month has been identified by scientists as a spade-toothed whale - a species so rare it has never been seen alive. The five-metre ...

Marine scientists may learn more about the "rarest whale" in the world after a spade-toothed whale likely washed up on an Otago beach in New Zealand.

The country's conservation agency said Monday a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is believed to be a spade-toothed whale.

World's rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified from its color patterns and the shape of its skull, beak and teeth ...

The body of a spade-toothed whale — a species so rare it has never been seen alive — appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say.

Wellington: The body of a spade-toothed whale - a species so rare it has never been seen alive - appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say.

World's Rarest Whale Washes Up On New Zealand Beach The remains of the obscure, five-metre (16.4 foot) long, beaked creature were found near a river mouth in southern Otago province on July 4 ...