A 2014 study used satellite-linked tags to follow the dives of eight beaked whales off the southern California coast. The deepest recorded dive was 2,992 metres, breaking the record for diving mammals ...

To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These ...

Beaked whales are amazing animals,' she says. 'It is not just the occasional deep dive that we see, but repeated deep dives many times a day. Yet these animals are small compared to something like a ...

A new immersive art installation highlights the effects humans have on ocean ecosystems, and whales in particular.

A three metre dead whale, believed to be a pygmy sperm whale, has washed up on a popular western suburbs beach.

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 whale was spotted in shallow waters off New Quay, Ceredigion A whale rarely seen in shallow waters has been spotted off the Welsh coast. The Sowerby's beaked whale was seen off New Quay ...

Although some diving behaviour has been recorded on a sperm whale before, no one has ever managed to keep a camera on for a complete dive cycle. In the pitch black we hear her calls change to ...

Sperm whales are highly social creatures that roam the world’s oceans together, diving deep in search of giant squid, their ...

An international research team led by the University of Haifa’s apex predator expert, Dr. Aviad Scheinin, has documented what is thought to be the longest west-to-east trip made within the ...