Warning: This article contains images that some people may find distressing A whale that washed up near a coastal resort has been formally identified as a Sowerby's beaked whale, which is rarely ...

The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago beach from its color patterns and the shape of its skull, beak and teeth. “We know very ...

The longest ever recorded dive by a whale was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long ...

The Sowerby's beaked whale may have starved to death as it was in the wrong location, experts say.

A whale that washed up near a coastal resort has been formally identified as a Sowerby's beaked whale, which is rarely seen at sea. The body of the juvenile male was found on Saturday near ...