A potentially fatal virus that was previously only found in a Longman’s beaked whale stranded on Maui in 2010 has now been discovered in 10 whale and dolphin host species across the Pacific.

A dead Longman’s beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), identified as a pregnant female, was found beached along the shoreline ...

In July 2024, scientists in Otago, New Zealand, made a stunning discovery: an elusive spade-toothed beaked whale had washed up on the shore. The whale had never been seen in the wild, and finding a ...

Examples of beaked whales that have been observed breaching are the Cuvier’s, Longman’s, and True’s whales. Breaching as a Form of Communication Scientists believe that breaching and other ...