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Possibly a new species of beaked whale. Image credit: Simon Ager / Sea Shepherd. A team of researchers on board Sea Shepherd vessel Martin Sheen aimed to study the cetaceans present in the waters surrounding San Benito Islands, a group of three remote islands located approximately 483 km (300 miles) from the U.S. border. The scientists set forth to identify a beaked whale species associated with an unidentified acoustic signal previously recorded in the area. On November 17, 2020, they observe...

When three beaked whales surfaced next to Jay Barlow's boat, he was excited. He and his colleagues had traveled north of Mexico's remote San Benito Islands to search for...