National Geographic News

Sunday, December 7, 2025

"Scientists find rare tusked whale alive at sea for the first time — "

https://www.livescience.com/animals/whales/scientists-find-rare-tusked-whale-alive-at-sea-for-the-first-time-and-shoot-it-with-a-crossbow 

"The newly-sighted cetaceans are ginkgo-toothed beaked whales (Mesoplodon ginkgodens), which were previously only known from dead individuals that had washed ashore and from bycatch. This isn't all that unusual for beaked whales, which are deep divers and notoriously cryptic, spending their lives away from coastlines..."