Matriarchal groups in the east and west are exhibiting distinct click patterns that are used to form social structures.

New research from the University of St. Andrews shows how sperm whale vocal dialects evolve as they adopt new calls while ...

Guests on a whale watching tour off Dana Point on Sunday were treated to an exceptionally rare sight after a sperm whale ...

Much like human languages, the vocalizations of sperm whales evolve over time, as disparate populations of whales develop ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed predators on Earth and among the deepest divers in the animal kingdom. These giants ...

Off the Mediterranean coast, sperm whales are divided into two distinct groups. Their point of divergence? Their way of ...

Researchers discovered groups of the mammals using slightly different patterns of clicking sounds to communicate with each ...

Mediterranean sperm whales use two distinct dialects, revealing how animal culture changes over time and helping guide conservation efforts.

The whales occasionally switched back to an older call pattern, suggesting they retained knowledge of both dialects.

It may be hard to imagine, but there was a time when sperm oil was a critical component of transmission fluid. Here's why it was so popular in the 1970s.

A juvenile sperm whale stranded at Hilton Head Island in May 2025. What scientists found during the necropsy raises bigger ...

"It seems that sperm whales first entered the Mediterranean around 20,000 years ago, and since that time they have expanded ...