The bodies of two male melon-headed whales were found 50 miles apart along the southeastern coast of the United States―one of them on the North Shore of Tybee Island. Staff from the city of ...

The state agency arrived and initially believed the small juvenile male was a pygmy killer whale, but based on the shape of the head and flipper, they later determined it was a melon-headed whale.

which are very different looking from other whale species. They have a large bulbous head, which has led to another common name – Melon-headed whale. These aren’t very large whales with the ...

The dolphins, believed to be melon-headed whales, were each around 2 meters long. They were discovered in an area stretching 500 meters along the coast on the southern edge of Kujukuri beach.