The First Ever Footage of an Omura’s Whale in the Wild

This species of whale was only discovered recently and had never been seen alive in the wild — until now.

Dr. Salvatore Cerchio of the New England Aquarium and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and an international team of whale biologists have just released images and detailed descriptions on the first scientific observations in the wild ever of Omura’s whales, one of the least known species of whales in the world.