Learn more about the recent discovery of this spade-toothed whale and what an international research team uncovered about it.

This past July 4th, a rare beaked whale washed up on a beach in New Zealand. This species is so elusive it has never been seen alive, so its appearance now, even as a carcass, is quite surprising.

Tourists and researchers witnessed a pod of orcas hunt and kill an endangered pygmy blue whale ... predators including sharks, pilot whales, beaked whales, and the highly intelligent orcas.

A gang of more than 60 orcas brutally attacked and killed a 59-foot-long (18 meters) pygmy blue whale, leaving a nearby whalewatching tour shocked, new video footage shows. The dramatic incident ...

“Pygmy sperm whales are pelagic, deep diving, squid eaters and are rarely seen at sea because they spend little time at the surface,” the center reported in an April 25 Facebook post.

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...