Once four-legged land animals, whales evolved from ancestors Pakicetus, which lived along ancient Pakistani shores ...

These gigantic babies drink over 100 gallons (379 liters) of their mother's milk every 24 hours and grow by 200 pounds (91 kg) each day. There are many more toothed whale species than baleen whale ...

There are many more toothed whale species than baleen whale species — 77 species of toothed whale (including dolphins and porpoises), compared with only 15 baleen whale species. Well-known ...

A sperm whale spotted off the coast of Gwangyang Harbor in South Jeolla last week was seen moving back toward deeper waters ...

Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale ...

They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target seals, sea birds and even whale species far bigger than themselves. Killer whales are also the only known ...

All varieties of beaked whales have different stomach systems and researchers didn’t know how the spade-toothed type processed its food. The scientific team found the specimen had nine stomach ...

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's ...

It could be a similar, but even rarer species called the Gingko-toothed beaked whale. The dead whale's tissue will have to be genetically tested at the National Marine Fisheries Service Center for ...