Researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare Center successfully found and photographed living ginkgo-toothed beaked whales ...

For the very first time, scientists have spotted a living ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, a rare, deep-diving species that until this sighting had previously only been known from a handful of strandings.

In addition to confirming the whole genome of the animal, it also linked this elusive species to a well-recorded whale song.

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whales have long remained a mystery, but a groundbreaking sighting may soon change that. View on euronews ...

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