After poring over recordings from sperm whales in the Caribbean, UC Berkeley linguist GasperBegus had an unlikely breakthrough. According to a new study from Begus and his colleagues with Project CETI ...
Explore the remarkable similarities and differences between sperm whales and giant squid, from size and behavior to diet and ...
A rare young pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag: an exceptional case that highlights the alarming impact ...
Dominica recently set aside nearly 800 square kilometers of the Caribbean Sea as the world’s first Sperm Whale Marine ...
A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving. By Mike Ives A dead sperm whale — the ...
The carcass of a sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket Sunday, prompting recovery operations by officials and wildlife groups, according to a local nonprofit. The whale is male and likely a juvenile, ...
For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn't feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...
A massive sperm whale – weighing as much as a fully loaded tractor-trailer – washed ashore on Nantucket this week, the island’s first stranding of the species in more than two decades. The ...
A dead male sperm whale estimated to be about 40 to 50 feet long is currently anchored on a north shore beach on Nantucket while scientists determine what to do with it. Members of Marine Mammal ...
One of Trevor Barrett’s excavators and a Robert B. Our tugboat were used to remove the dead sperm whale from Nantucket’s north shore Friday. Marine mammal experts from the International Fund for ...
Officials have determined that a deceased sperm whale that washed up on the north shore of Nantucket on Sunday is too big to move for a necropsy. Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket Executive Director ...
A dead sperm whale that washed up on a Nantucket beach is making waves for local officials who are trying to move it. The 50-foot, 104,000-pound male sperm whale appeared on the island off ...