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The Mediterranean population of Cuvieŕs beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), a deep-diving cetacean, is genetically distinct from the Atlantic, and subject to a number of conservation threats, in particular underwater noise. It is also... more
True's Beaked Whales are found in cool temperate, deep oceanic waters. This species has a uniquely disjunct distribution, occurring in the northern North Atlantic Ocean, as well as the southern regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific... more
The first mid-Atlantic diet of Mesoplodon beaked whales is presented, from ten Sowerby’s Mesoplodon bidens stranded in the Azores region between 2002 and 2009. This doubles the worldwide number of stomachs sampled, and reveals new feeding... more
video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93I8ffgAoI We analysed 3680 dives from 23 satellite-linked tags deployed on Cuvier's beaked whales to assess the relationship between long duration dives and inter-deep dive intervals and to... more
Cuvier's beaked whales are found in all the oceans of the world except the polar regions of both hemispheres. This species is known from over 1800 strandings. In southeast Asia strandings have been reported in China, Indonesia (Java and... more
The Mediterranean population of Cuvieŕs beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), a deep-diving cetacean, is genetically distinct from the Atlantic, and subject to a number of conservation threats, in particular underwater noise. It is also... more
The first mid-Atlantic diet of Mesoplodon beaked whales is presented, from ten Sowerby's Mesoplodon bidens stranded in the Azores region between 2002 and 2009. This doubles the worldwide number of stomachs sampled, and reveals new feeding... more
Cuvier's beaked whale is the most cosmopolitan of the beaked whales and is found in all oceans except in the high polar waters. This species is known from over 1600 strandings. In the Caribbean strandings are rare, and we present a... more
The first mid-Atlantic diet of Mesoplodon beaked whales is presented, from ten Sowerby’s Mesoplodon bidens stranded in the Azores region between 2002 and 2009. This doubles the worldwide number of stomachs sampled, and reveals new feeding... more
The Mediterranean population of Cuvieŕs beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), a deep-diving cetacean, is genetically distinct from the Atlantic, and subject to a number of conservation threats, in particular underwater noise. It is also... more
On 10 and 1.5 March 1993, sightings of large ziphiids, probably the same group of animals, were made in the waters of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The first sighting was of seven individuals 24 km southeast of San Jose de1 Cabo (23 "... more
Cuvier's beaked whale is known mainly from strandings. In Oceania it is a rare species
and a second stranding record from the Marshall Islands is here reported
and a second stranding record from the Marshall Islands is here reported