Whale expert Anton van Helden, who has studied beaked whales for 35 years and described them as "the most enigmatic group of large mammals on the planet," expressed his excitement about the discovery.

Crews returned Sunday morning to the scene of a whale stranding in the South Island’s Golden Bay. And in a post on social ...

WELLINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three pilot whales died on Sunday, including one euthanized by volunteers, after a group of 30 whales of a range of ages and sizes re-stranded near the northern tip of ...

“I can’t tell you how extraordinary it is,” said a joyful Anton van Helden, senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s conservation agency, who gave the spade-toothed whale its name to ...

Three pilot whales died on Sunday, including one euthanised by volunteers, after a group of 30 whales of a range of ages and ...

“For me personally, it’s unbelievable.” Van Helden has studied beaked whales for 35 years, but Monday was the first time he has participated in a dissection of the spade-toothed variet ...

“For me personally, it’s unbelievable.” Van Helden has studied beaked whales for 35 years, but Monday was the first time he has participated in a dissection of the spade-toothed variet ...

The remaining whales may have to be euthanized after the rescue team made little progress. Last week, a juvenile beaked whale was stranded on a beach of New Brighton in Christchurch, the largest ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began nearly 15 years ago may have had a larger impact on offshore ecosystems than previously thought, recent research suggests.

"It's a labour of our heart, it's not a job. It's a volunteer labour of love for both Jim and I," Borrowman said. A Cuvier’s beaked whale was suspended in the Whale Interpretive Centre in 2020 in ...