Their work revealed, for the first time, that spade-toothed whales have tiny vestigial teeth in their upper jaw. Vestigial structures like this are considered remnants of evolution, demonstrating that ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

On 4 July, the spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii), which has never been seen alive, washed up on a beach in Otago, ...

Its reputation as a ruthless apex predator is well-established; fossilized whale bones bear deep Megalodon tooth marks, providing clear evidence of their feeding habits, reinforcing the idea that ...

Baleen whales filter feed on tiny plankton, while toothed whales gulp down fish without chewing. Use their long tongues to ...

It may have been comparable in length to today's biggest whale sharks, the largest of which has measured in at 18.8 metres. Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on ...

beak and teeth. Scientists said that a DNA test had been launched to confirm the classification. If the animal found is confirmed to be the spade-toothed whale, it would be the first to be found ...

A rare strapped-tooth whale died after attempting to strand on the coast of New Zealand, according to conservation officials. Photo from James Lee, UnSplash A rare whale recently died after ...

— Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern Pacific ...