Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Dec 25
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
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two

The search for a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all

The Guardian
John     Jan 27, 2025

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

Beached whale discovered at American River on Kangaroo Island

A wildlife ranger says the discovery of a beached whale, believed to be a beaked whale, on South Australia's Kangaroo Island is a "peculiar" occurrence.

ABC News
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Sep 13, 2024
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
Rare whale species observed during recent Antarctic expedition

Research by Wageningen Marine Research and partners on the relationship between sea ice and the Southern Ocean food web investigates various components of that food web, including the so-called "top predators," or seabirds and marine mammals. To map their numbers and distribution, observers count these animals during Antarctic expeditions. During the latest expedition, on board the German icebreaker Polarstern in the southern autumn of 2022, an unusual species of whale was observed: the Arnoux's beaked whale.

Anon4dolphinsJan 16, 2020
Rare beaked #whale washes ashore in Ostend #BeakedWhale #OpWhales https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/belgium-all-news/89830/beaked-whale-washes-ashore-at-ostend-sowerbys-beach-marine-dead-plastic/
Rare beaked whale washes ashore in Ostend

A whale, confirmed to be a rarely seen Sowerby's beaked whale, washed up on the coast of Ostend on Wednesday evening, near the Oosterstaketsel. The 2.9 metres long animal was found dead, however,