Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says videos of sperm whale carcasses, like the one taken in Newfoundland this week, can help scientists figure out where to ...

Sperm whale research now relies more on technology ... The most common are used for long-range sonar. So-called “creaks” sound like a squeaky door and are used at close range when prey capture ...

A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the island of Raasay. The 15m-long (49ft) animal was spotted in difficulty off nearby Skye on Thursday.

A Beaufort County man is facing possibly several years in prison as well as a fine after pleading guilty to illegally importing and selling sperm whale teeth an ...

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 ...

The marine mammal — an infrequent visitor to the shores of the Emerald Isle — was spotted in the Waterford Estuary on the morning of March 25, according to a news release from the Irish Whale and ...

Scientists have accomplished a whale of a feat ... language or not,’ when there are a much broader range of interpretations available.” Sperm whales produce their clicks by forcing air ...

Coffman Cove commercial fisherman Dugan Paul Daniels, 55, was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison for illegally “taking” an endangered sperm whale and falsifying fishing records in 2020.

A Newfoundland man made news with his creative photography of a dead sperm whale this week, but one whale expert says the viral video has more value than simple entertainment. Hal Whitehead ...

"A range of disposal options will be considered ... and nets that have been lost or abandoned by fishing boats. A sperm whale that died after stranding on the Isle of Harris in November 2019 ...