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 ...

The Wildlife Trust of India’s “Pan India Whale Shark Project” has rescued and released 1,001 whale sharks that were accidentally entangled in fishing nets, which the agency says is a ...

Research has confirmed killer whales were responsible for bite wounds on a dead white shark that washed up on a beach near Portland, Victoria. It is the first killer whale predation on a white ...

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 ...

For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. The findings are published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Around the world ...

A team of researchers have recently witnessed behavior in the wild that could offer critical clues about how the endangered whale shark reproduces. This surprising discovery, made by a research team ...

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 ...