Like a group of scheming teens shifting their conversation when a teacher walks by, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) ...

For sperm whales to live well, they must be heard. Whether diving to forage or chatting at the surface, orsupporting each ...

China is developing an ambitious planetary defense strategy to protect Earth. The mission utilises a powerful Long March 5 ...

When an eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore on the Oregon coast, officials believed dynamite was the fastest way to remove ...

Scientists studying decades of pygmy sperm whale strandings have uncovered three previously unknown types of Helicobacter bacteria hiding in the animals’ stomachs. All four infected whales showed ...

A live dwarf sperm whale, a species usually found far from shore, was discovered on a beach in northern Taiwan this weekend ...

A sperm whale up to nine meters long was found dead in a natural pool near Cahuita. Crews removed the remains by hand after ...

Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting into two groups with their own dialects.

All Mediterranean sperm whales were thought to be part of one cultural group, identifiable by a unique pattern of clicks, or a coda. But sound recordings suggest that eastern creatures use a sped-up v ...

In 1820 a massive sperm whale rammed a Nantucket whaling ship, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Stranded 1,500 ...

Scientists have found that sperm whales in the eastern Mediterranean have developed a faster, distinct vocal dialect compared ...