The sperm whale is the largest toothed predator on the planet and the master of the open ocean. The aim of the Blue Planet II team was to capture an intimate family portrait of sperm whales ...

The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...

Marine biologists are inching closer to understanding the ins and outs of sperm whale communication. But in order to decode what the cetaceans are saying, they must first need to find them and ...

The whale's severe injury was apparent in footage captured shortly after the incident An endangered sperm whale - nicknamed Julio by scientists - has been killed in a collision with a vessel in ...

Researchers with the Dominica Sperm Whale Project work with local officials to protect and study the whales’ unique feeding and breeding habits. Dominica and nearby islands were severely damaged ...

Sperm whales are like “deep-diving buses” and typically spend time in waters further offshore, Dr Pirotta said. “All whale strandings remain a mystery. We don't exactly know why they happen.” ...

The adult female sperm whale was found dead on a beach in north Wales A dead whale found washed up on a beach in north Wales was an adult female, experts have said. Abersoch Coastguard Rescue Team ...

Are you imagining it? Well, you might have an inkling of how a sperm whale felt in the Indian Ocean. According to We Love ...

The longest ever recorded dive by a whale was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long ...

Sperm whale seasonality aligns with the latitude of the North Pacific Transition Zone (NPTZ). The NPTZ forms where cool ...

Project CETI, an interdisciplinary initiative consisting of over 50 scientists, is working to uncover — and eventually decode — patterns in whale “speech.” ...

However, from 2016 to 2018, sperm whale sightings ceased entirely. Impact of jumbo squid collapse: General additive models show a positive relationship (R 2 = 0.644) between sperm whale sightings ...