CHRISTCHURCH - 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 ... from New Zealand's Department of Conservation ...

The first-ever dissection of the world ... rarest species of beaked whale with only six specimens confirmed to date, and nobody’s ever seen one alive. Department of Conservation (DOC) staff ...

ALAMEDA — A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. The whale marks the fourth ...