A stunning video from the Indian Ocean shows a pair of sperm whales 'clicking' while resting just below the surface. Filmed by Lorien Cleavinger, 47, and Robert Melville, 40, both from the US, the ...

By Tural Heybatov On Monday morning, an unusual demonstration took place on the Baku Boulevard: a baby sperm whale was “displayed” in the middle of the promenade. This attracted attention and even ...

As research over the past several decades has shown, whales play a critical role in bolstering ocean ecosystems. Many whale ...

As humans heat up the world by burning fossil fuels, whales are increasingly vulnerable. Warmer ocean temperatures can affect ...

Oregon has a place in history as the state that blew up a whale. Here's why officials made that infamous decision 54 years ago.

[Related: Sperm whales may have their own ‘alphabet.’ This method is a chance for scientists to test out new algorithms, sensing data, and artificial intelligence in a challenging environment.

In the wild, several types of whales have been spotted sleeping horizontally, close to the surface. But sperm whales seem to ...

Krill fishing vessels operating in the Southern Ocean have hauled in two dead humpback whales, as well as an injured whale, in separate incidents this year. The details were revealed in a report ...

Whales hold many records in the animal kingdom. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived; the sperm whale has the largest brain; and the Cuvier’s beaked whale holds the record for the ...

Whales hold many records in the animal kingdom. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived; the sperm whale has the largest brain; and the Cuvier’s beaked whale holds the record for the ...

Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) aims to collect millions to billions of high-quality, highly contextualized vocalizations in order to understand how sperm whales communicate.