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 ...

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 ...

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 mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body. Gabriel Barathieu, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the deep ocean off our coast lurk behemoth-size literary legends that we rarely see but can hear. Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), a federally endangered species, echolocate and communicate ...

The significant sperm whale bone was spotted on Traigh Thodhrasdail beach, on the island of Tiree. Samuel said: "We knew it was part of a whale but we weren't sure which part - or even which species!

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 ...