These rare #whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in #Mexico sighted two
Since 2020, Henderson and her colleagues from Mexico and US had been tracking a group of whales producing a distinctive call, tagged #BW43, which they initially thought was Perrin’s #beakedwhale, another species never seen in the wild. Finding ginkgo-toothed beaked whales near Mexico was a big surprise – from stranding records, they had often been found washed up on other side of the Pacific.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/17/rare-gingko-toothed-beaked-whale-science-cetacean-research?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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A wildlife ranger says the discovery of a #beached #whale on #SouthAustralia's #KangarooIsland is a "peculiar" occurrence.
The National Parks & Wildlife Service South Australia ranger told ABC Radio on Monday the creature, discovered at #AmericanRiver on the eastern end of the island, "appeared to be a #beakedwhale of some sort".
He added it was rare for the deep-sea animal to turn up where it did, but was likely the result of a "natural process". #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-27/sa-beached-whale-kangaroo-island-american-river/104863054
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Rare #whale species observed during recent #Antarctic expedition
During the latest expedition, on board the German #icebreaker #Polarstern in the southern autumn of 2022, an unusual species of whale was observed: the #ArnouxsBeakedWhale.
Because the #Arnoux's #beakedwhale is rarely observed, little is known about this species. During eleven previous Polarstern expeditions in the #SouthernOcean, conducted between 1988 and 2018, this species was never seen.
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-rare-whale-species-antarctic.html