Humpback whales have been observed blowing bubble rings during friendly interactions with humans a behavior never before ...

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 ...

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 ...

(See "The Rare Beauty of Dozens of Migrating Humpback Whales.") In the Indian Ocean, a group of more than 30 adult sperm whales are sleeping at a depth of 15 meters. They stand like this without ...

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

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A sombre scene played out in Struisbaai when a rare sperm whale stranded itself in the surf zone near Langezandt Fisherman’s Village. TheSouthAfrican.com is all about South Africa and the ...

Every year from June and September, the waters here come alive with belugas — the world’s only white whale species. But unlike polar bears, which can only be observed from a distance, belugas and ...

It had long been speculated, but never proven, that sperm whales hunt on the bottom of the ocean floor. "The Americas" team finally proved the theory right. Marine scientists had long speculated ...

The researchers also found that the humpback whale could see at 3.95 cycles per degree (CPD), a measure of vision determined by how many pairs of black and white lines an animal can make out in ...

“More whales mean more whale fertilizer enhancing the productivity [of] and improving fisheries and sustaining atmospheric oxygen for us all.” A pod of sperm whales hovers vertically in a ...