A tragic incident has unfolded in Hartenbos in Mossel Bay, where two beaked whales were found stranded on the shore.

All varieties of beaked whales have different stomach ... will keep the jawbone and teeth of the whale before its skeleton is displayed in a museum. 3D printing will be used to replicate those ...

"Beaked whales are the most enigmatic group of large ... The species was first described in 1874 from just a lower jaw and two teeth collected from the Chatham Islands, off the east coast of ...

From the adorable but deadly pine marten to the massive sperm whale, get to know some of the amazing animals that call ...

They lack a pronounced beak and have a round ... Belugas, categorized as toothed whales, have around 36 to 40 teeth in both their upper and lower jawbones. The genus name Delphinapterus translates to ...

Once they capture food in an ambush, they feed it toward their large beak, where they rip into the prey ... is outfitted with a lower jaw that has up to 52 teeth measuring four inches long each. Sperm ...

They use their two long feeding tentacles to snatch prey, pulling it toward a beak ... of tiny teeth, before it’s swallowed. In deeper water, they’re among the top invertebrate predators, although ...

Its powerful jaws are equipped with beak-like mouthparts that can easily snap ... including fish, seals, and even whales. Their strong jaws and sharp teeth allow them to efficiently capture and ...

Photo Credit: Eric Treadwell -GEOTREAD- I’ve wandered through museums on six continents, but nothing quite compares to the moment you lock eyes with the empty sockets of a 40-foot whale skeleton ...

as a genus and sometimes even a species can be identified by its beak alone (Ogden et al., 1998; Roeleveld, 2000). Inside the mouth lies the radula, a rasping tongue-shaped structure equipped with ...