Genetic Evidence for New Species of Beaked Whale
![The only skeleton of the new species in the United States hangs on display in Unalaska High School, in Alaska Genetic Evidence for New Species of Beaked Whale](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image27-07-2016-11.20.54.jpg)
An international team of scientists who searched out specimens from museums and remote Arctic islands has identified a rare new species of beaked whale that ranges from northern Japan across the Pacific Ocean to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Japanese whalers call the enigmatic black whales “karasu,” the Japanese word for raven. The new species is darker […]