The spade-toothed whale is extraordinarily rare. So rare, in fact, that until July 4, only five of them have ever been ...

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. The remains of the obscure, five-metre (16. ...

A most rare whale was found beached in New Zealand near a river estuary in the province of Otago last week. Classified as spade-toothed, little is known about the cetacean, where they live in the ...

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. The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked ...

It is thought that the dead mammal which was found on a South Island beach is a spade-toothed whale, which has never been seen alive in the wild. No-one knows how many there are, what they eat ...

has earned the most votes for a second time amid threats to its survival Alexa Robles-Gil No one has ever recorded a live sighting of the spade-toothed whale, but experts say the dolphin-like ...

A spade-toothed whale washed up on a New Zealand beach earlier this month. To understand how momentous this is requires a look back at the history of the enigmatic species.

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 spade-toothed whale washed up on a New Zealand beach earlier this month. To understand how momentous this is requires a look back at the history of the enigmatic species.

Over the past 40 years, the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy, dependent on concessionary British market access, to a more industrialized, free market economy that ...

A whale which washed up on a New Zealand beach is an incredibly rare species, scientists say. Marine-mammal experts believe it is a male spade-toothed whale based on its colour patterns as well as ...