Though sperm whales have survived the enormous pressures of the darkest depths for millions of years, today there’s one thing they cannot survive: the human activity that has been affecting their ...

Marine scientists are investigating yet another whale death after the carcass of a sperm whale washed up on Cuttyhunk Island over the weekend, one of at least a half dozen to wash ashore in ...

A sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island off Cape Cod Sunday, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said in a statement. The most recent whale discovery is part of a series of whale ...

Scientists determined the cetacean was a 32-foot long female sperm whale, weighing about 22,000 pounds, said Stacey Hedman, a spokesperson for IFAW. “We were able to get transportation over and ...

Read more about sperm whales: http://j.mp/sOSais Watch underwater footage of the mammal and hear its strange clicking sounds that are crucial to their survival What ...

The sperm whale, scientifically known as Physeter macrocephalus, is not only the largest of the toothed whales but also holds the remarkable distinction of being the loudest animal on Earth. These ...

Just 26 days after a deceased humpback whale was discovered in Westport, Massachusetts, tragedy has struck again. On January 26, a sperm whale was found washed ashore on the rocky coastline of ...

The study, which was published in Science Advances on Wednesday, documented this same pattern in a diverse array of cetaceans, including humpbacks, which produce melodic songs; sperm whales ...

Its Lurking Down There...." But a third pointed out: "Megalodon was a surface dweller, I'm sure we'd of [sic] spotted it by now." And a fourth also said about one of the scenes: "That whale died ...

As explained by SciTechDaily, researchers Héctor Pérez-Puig and Alejandro Arias Del Razo conducted a study for the journal PeerJ Life and Environment that examined the significant departure of sperm ...

South Carolina, USA. Géry PARENT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Megalodon likely had a major impact on the structure of marine communities. It probably targeted large prey such as whales, seals ...

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. The whale was elderly, was 243 centimeters in length ...