The sperm whale, known as the “world’s largest toothed predators,” can be seen in the Dana Point video coming up for air ...

Off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica, diver Nigel Seraphin helped save the life of a baby sperm whale. In ...

John Williams' iconic score for the movie "Jaws," which celebrates the 50th anniversary of its release later this month, is ...

Despite what you might think, sharks are not the apex predators of the ocean. That accolade goes to these: orca whales. However, their cousins, sperm whales, have developed an interesting tactic for ...

He’s illustrated a new edition of Herman Melville’s novel, now in the public domain. It begins with a striking image of a ...

Whether a destination filled with dangerous critters is your idea of heaven or hell, you’ll want to consult this list ...

accountants, Leslie Grace will next be taking on something completely different: the insides of a giant sperm whale. The fast-rising ... “‘Propel’ is a white-knuckle thriller that explores ...

Ambergris is often described as one of the world’s strangest natural occurrences. It is produced by sperm whales and has been used for centuries, but for many years its origin remained a mystery.

A new study has quantified the risk for whale-ship collisions worldwide for four geographically widespread ocean giants that are threatened by shipping: blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.

[Previous reporting: Decades ago, sperm whales learned how to raid fishermen’s lines of black cod. Now, an Alaska man is charged with killing one.] “Daniels’ behavior evidences a total ...

their boats only spot sperm whales once every few years. These large, endangered predators surface briefly for air, then dive thousands of feet into the pitch-black depths to hunt. To find their ...