Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sperm whale group in the Mediterranean (including one albino individual). (Asociación Tursiops) In the sparkling blue waters of ...

An isolated population of sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea are splitting into two distinct groups with different dialects, a new study reveals. This shift has likely been happening for thousands ...

Residency and abundance of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Nemuro Strait, Hokkaido, Japan. Marine Mammal Science, 36 ...

A sperm whale was found dead on the beach in Zikim on Tuesday morning, according to Israel's Nature and Parks Authority. The cause of death has yet to be determined; experts from the University of ...

Sperm whales, the planet’s largest toothed predator, have incredibly complex social structures and cultural practices. During a recent WWF-backed research expedition around Greece’s northwestern ...

Dominica is about to do something no other nation has done. In the waters off its western coast, where roughly 200 sperm whales live year-round, the government, under the leadership of Prime Minister ...

Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean's most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish.

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world's ...