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SHARE Members of the Sea Shepherd’s Conservation Society said Thursday they believe they found a new species of beaked whale during an expedition near the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Researchers sailed in mid-November with hopes of identifying the source of an acoustic signal associated with another species, known as Perrin’s beaked whale. Dr Jay Barlow, a retired adjunct professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said that two beaked whales found on Tuesday looked and sounded different from the 23 other known species. The crew was about 100 miles north of San Benito Island when t...

Pfizer’s vaccine could roll out "in days:" Today a panel of scientists endorsed the drug company's vaccine, which has been shown to stop the symptoms of COVID-19 but not necessarily lower the transmission of the virus, reports the Associated Press. The FDA is expected to approve the vaccine soon, and then the shots shall commence shortly thereafter. Certainly worth a note, though: "That endorsement came despite questions about allergic reactions in two people who received...

Three whales spotted off the coast off Mexico are thought to be a previously unknown species.

A team of beaked whale researchers are “highly confident” that they have likely identified a new species of whale off Mexico’s western coast. The trio of researchers — Gustavo Hinojosa, Jay Barlow and Elizabeth Henderson — working in conjunction with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society say they detected a rare type of beaked whale first linked to an “unidentified acoustic signal” spotted by the remote San Benito Islands. That sound may have likely been that of the Perrin’s beaked whale, a species of beaked whale that resides in deep, remote waters and is distinguished ...

Researchers looking for an elusive species of beaked whale say they think they've found another new, previously unknown species off Mexico's western Pacific coast.