A sperm whale stranded on Cuttyhunk Island over the weekend, adding to alarming whale death toll since December. Here's what ...

Dale Lynch, the assistant harbor master on Cuttyhunk, said the whale was found alive on the south side of the island, ...

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew very little about the secret sex lives of the world's largest fish ...

The sperm whale on Cuttyhunk Island was a female measuring 32 feet long and weighing about 11 tons, Hedman said.

A deceased sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island, marking Massachusetts' second whale stranding in025.

However, the sperm whale’s skin is not as thick on its underbelly ... protects them against environmental dangers such as the biting insects during warmer seasons. Besides, their thick skin ...

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 ...

The visibility was zero but eventually, out of the murk, the distinctive shape of the sperm whale’s body appeared ... were certainly aggressive – biting and bumping each other.

The OBX Marine Mammal Stranding Network reports that a dead male dwarf sperm whale (kogia sima) washed up on the beach in Carova on January 24.

Researchers in WA's north have observed a mature male whale shark biting the tail of a juvenile female on an annual expedition. It is believed to be the first time a pre-mating ritual for the ...

Getty The significant sperm whale bone was spotted on Traigh Thodhrasdail beach, on the Scottish island Tiree in the Inner Hebrides. Samuel said: "We knew it was part of a whale but we weren't ...