Learn how drone footage captured sperm whales head-butting for the first time, offering new insight into their behavior and ...

Researchers have captured extraordinary footage of sperm whales randomly headbutting each other, confirming anecdotal reports from mariners and whalers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The sperm whale is a mysterious animal, despite its massive size, and biologists have long debated the extent of any ...

Sperm whales have the largest brain of any living animal, weighing up to 9 kilograms (nearly 20 lbs), a key reason scientists believe they possess advanced communication and social intelligence. They ...

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found ...

MIAMI — Marine biologists are working to determine why a young sperm whale became stranded on a Miami beach Tuesday morning. According to NOAA, the whale was still alive when it washed ashore but had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Nov. 21 examination of the 52-ton sperm whale that recently washed ashore on the north shore of Nantucket did not reveal any ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) – Beachgoers in Georgia found themselves in shock after a sperm whale beached itself on the shore of Hilton Head Island Sunday. The whale was still alive as beachgoers ...

A 13-day survey conducted in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) found a large variety of marine life living in the region, including sperm whales, Risso’s dolphins, and common dolphins. The University ...

COTABATO CITY (Updated 11:52 a.m.) — A sperm whale found disoriented near the shoreline of a beachfront village in Kalamansig ...

Scientists studying stranded pygmy sperm whales have uncovered three previously unknown genotypes of Helicobacter bacteria ...