Researchers have conducted the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale — one of the most elusive creatures of the deep. In July, a 16-foot (5-meter) male spade-toothed whale was ...

The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on New Zealand’s Pitt Island. Another discovery was made at an offshore island in the 1950s, and the bones of a third were found on Chile ...

A whale species scientists know next to nothing about will undergo the first full dissection after washing ashore on a New Zealand beach this summer. Since the 1800s, only six other spade-toothed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many ...