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A researcher from the U.S. Navy's Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, in collaboration with other scientists from the U.S. and Mexico and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, have potentially discovered a new beaked whale species off the coast of Baja, Mexico.

Dec. 11, 2020

Navy-Funded Research Team May Have Discovered New Whale Species

WASHINGTON — Researchers funded by the Naval Sea Systems Command Monitoring Program believe they have discovered a new species of beaked whale in the waters off Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

An adult male Cuvier's beaked whale is tagged with a satellite-linked dive recording tag in the Virginia Capes operating area while a research team from Duke University and Southall Environmental Associates track two separate groups of beaked and pilot whales.

July 24, 2020

USS Cole Supports Marine Mammal Study

ATLANTIC OCEAN — The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) received an unusual assignment while at sea July 15, to help monitor migrating whales.