Researchers advise alerting a stranding team if a marine animal washes ashore and not to push it back into the water.

Eleven sperm whales gathered near the surface off the coast of Dominica on the morning of July 8, 2023, and stayed there for hours. That alone was unusual. What researchers watching from a drone above ...

Two sperm whales line up nose to nose, accelerate, and slam their foreheads together with enough force to send a visible ...

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales – enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last ...

Community is important, and humans aren’t the only animals that need community; sea creatures do as well! One great example is the sperm whale. This species works together to help expectant mothers ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals. The video taken in 2023 shows female whales from two ...

Researchers found that sperm whale clicks exhibit complex patterns akin to human speech, revealing deeper communicative structures.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bill Springer would rather be on a superyacht. And he often is. Can you imagine slipping quietly into the ocean near the Caribbean ...

A sperm whale has been spotted off the coast of Hatay in southern Turkey, near the point where the Asi River meets the ...

To understand sperm whale sound, she had to first establish how the whales use their clicks to find squid. Unlike fish, squid don’t have swim bladders, those hard, air-filled structures that ...