The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...

Previous work on sperm whale communication has mostly used vocal ... "We suggest that vocal learning in sperm whales may not be limited to vertical transmission from adults to their kin, but ...

Researchers are conducting testing on a pygmy sperm whale that washed ashore in Pismo Beach last week. Officials with The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) say it’s rare for these types of whales to ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale struggling in the surf at Dockweiler State Beach ...