After completing the dissection of the first complete specimen of the world's rarest whale, scientists suspect the 16-foot spade-toothed whale died from head injuries.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the world's rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of ...

Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species.

New Zealand is a whale-stranding hotspot, with more than 5,000 episodes recorded since 1840, according to the Department of Conservation.

If DNA confirms a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is a spade-toothed whale, it will be only the seventh ever found.

A group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand are examining a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery.

New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world’s rarest whale died from head injuries There have only been seven known sightings and never of a living spade-toothed whale.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of ...

If DNA confirms a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is a spade-toothed whale, it will be only the seventh ever found.

Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of ...