The world’s “rarest whale” washed up on a beach in New Zealand. DOC / SWNS According to the New Zealand DOC, this finding marks the third-ever intact spade-toothed whale. In 2010 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest ... that washed up on a South Island beach this month is believed to be a spade-toothed whale. The five-meter-long ...

By Yan Zhuang 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 whale was found near an estuary in Otago province 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 ...

A whale that was found dead on ... findings of stranded whales off New Zealand's North Island in 2010 and 2017 added to the small collection. Sign up for our Future Earth newsletter to get ...

Creature that washed up on South Island is believed to be spade-toothed whale Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever been pinpointed Spade-toothed whales are the world's rarest, with no ...

Marine scientists may learn more about the "rarest whale" in the world after a spade-toothed whale washed up on an Otago beach ... possibly the "world's rarest," according to the DOC.

It was identified by marine-mammal experts from New Zealand’s Department of Conservation and the national museum, Te Papa, as a male spade-toothed whale ... AFP covers the world as a leading ...

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 ... experts from New Zealand's Department of Conservation and ...