The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

Wellington writer Una Cruickshank explores earthly curiosities and patterns in her award-winning essay collection The ...

The sperm whale tooth stands out not only because of its rarity but also because it contributes significantly to our understanding of the role marine life played in the prehistoric societies of ...

A 44-foot-long, 60,000-pound sperm whale was found stranded along the shore in Venice. Now, researchers are trying to figure out why it ended up there.

Whales eat a variety of ocean life, depending on what species you mean. Some have teeth and swallow prey whole while others filter through baleen.

Melville and bath toys aside, “for centuries, the only thing humans cared to understand about whales was how to kill them,” Carl Safina writes in his foreword to SPERM WHALES: The Gentle ...

Many Savannah-area residents were amazed and heartbroken to see a sperm whale washed up on the shore of Hilton Head Island. What may have caused this?

Officials think they know what killed a massive sperm whale that washed ashore about 12 miles north of Seaside on the Oregon coast.

An adult sperm whale washed ashore on the Oregon coast, and according to a necropsy conducted by researchers, it could have been hit by a vessel.

A No-Swim Advisory was lifted Wednesday morning, a measure previously in place after a sperm whale beached itself and died off the coast of Venice on Sunday.

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — In a rare occurrence along Florida’s Gulf Coast, a large sperm whale that drew national attention after beaching itself on a sandbar died Monday, state wildlife officials said.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A sperm whale that beached itself on a popular South Carolina resort island was euthanized late Sunday after veterinarians determined it was too sick to help.