These are animals that dive to great depths, so they’ve got all sorts of adaptations, if you like, for that remarkable environment.” When a spade-toothed whale washed up at the mouth of New ...

New discoveries of the toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina ... These fossils indicate that early mysticetes had unique feeding adaptations, suggesting a form of dental filter ...

Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

New Zealand scientists have begun dissecting a spade-toothed whale, considered the rarest whale in the world, marking the first time researchers have been able to study a complete specimen.