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 ...

there was an explosion in diversity among the toothed whales. Echolocation, unlike baleen, was a tool that could help the animals exploit many different niches, Coombs explains, thereby encouraging ...

The larynxes of three baleen whales that were examined were found to have adaptations that allow the ... told ABC News. While toothed whales evolved a nasal vocal organ, baleen whales were found ...

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 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 ...

Belugas are small whales, measuring up to 15 feet long with a maximum weight of 3,000 pounds. They're bigger than all but the largest dolphins and smaller than most other toothed whales. At birth, ...

Rangers Jim Fyfe and Tūmai Cassidy walk alongside what is believed to be a rare spade-toothed whale, on July 5, 2024, after its was found washed ashore on a beach near Otago, New Zealand. (Department ...

Scientists in New Zealand recently performed the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale. They made a number of discoveries. Photo from the Department of Conservation This summer ...

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 ...

Belugas are small whales, measuring up to 15 feet long with a maximum weight of 3,000 pounds. They're bigger than all but the largest dolphins and smaller than most other toothed whales. At birth, ...