The common minke whale (aka northern minke whale) is a widely distributed whale that can be found traveling throughout the northern hemisphere. These marine mammals make up one of three types of recorded whale within the minke whale family. The others include the Antarctic or southern minke whale and the dwarf minke whale. For the …
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The killer whale is a massive dolphin known to inhibit all parts of the world. These massive animals earned their name as killer whales because they are enormous and powerful marine mammals known to consume a wide variety of prey. These dolphins eat everything from small fish to large marine mammals and sharks. When it …
The spade toothed whale (named due to its spade-shaped teeth) is one of the rarest and least known species of beaked whale. In fact although earlier observations of this species were identified in the mid to late 1800’s it wasn’t until 2012 that a description of this whales external appearance was identified and confirmed from earlier data of beached specimen …
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True’s beaked whale is a rarely observed whale that can be found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in waters that are 3,000 ft. or deeper. These whales are part of the toothed whale suborder and make up one of over 15 different whale species within the beaked whale family. While information on these whales remains …
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Stejneger’s beaked whale (aka the saber-toothed whale) is a mid-sized beaked whale that can be found traveling in the North Pacific Ocean. These whales belong to the toothed whale suborder and are known and identified by their saber-tooth like teeth that erupt from the bottom jaw. They are also known for having excessive scaring due …
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