Dolphins live in all the world’s oceans and even some of the largest freshwater rivers. Like whales, they’re considered ...

A sperm whale recently washed ashore on a beach ... Its mouth was agape — revealing a row of sharp teeth on its lower jaw — and blood could be seen on its scarred head.

That makes Ontocetus a genus in the walrus family, Odobenidae. Modern sperm whales only have teeth in their lower jaw, and they don't seem to use them when feeding. "It was these really large ...

There are usually between 20 and 26 large teeth on each side of the whale’s lower jaw, while the teeth in the upper jaw typically don’t break through the gums. Male sperm whales can measure 60 ...

Whales-Ocean relationship. Image by Talia Cohen via Unsplash ... The returning echoes are received primarily through the lower jaw, which conducts sound to the inner ear. The precision of this system ...

Thousands of people flocked to see Trouble the whale in 1928, North Carolina historians ... though some of the bones are replicas. Trouble’s lower jaw was lost on the beach almost a century ...

A sperm whale has died after becoming tangled in ropes ... rest of the entanglement which wrapped around the whale’s lower jaw and again around its head.” Marine medics monitored the whale ...

A sperm whale has died after becoming entangled in fishing ropes ... “This revealed the extent of the rest of the entanglement which wrapped around the whale’s lower jaw and again around its head.

The sperm whale or cachalot belongs to the division of the Cetacea known as toothed whales or Odontoceti. The Bridlington animal had thirty pairs of teeth in the lower jaw (all unfortunately ...