An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the ...

When a mother sperm whale gives birth, it is a remarkable team effort. Marine biologists have documented how multiple adult ...

For a moment, biologist Shane Gero feared the worst—a brutal predator attack on a family of sperm whales he’d studied for ...

Blue sperm whales have only become as large as they are in response to long-term exposure to environmental factors - long-term, but really quite short-term compared to how long their kind, including ...

Scuba diving in the ocean can be an otherworldly experience, as can the marvels waiting to be discovered. Imagine swimming along and being approached by a massive sperm whale, who furthermore would ...

Reality, however, is nothing like that famous story of revenge. Sperm whales are indeed massive, ancient creatures of great ...

Few people have been lucky enough to see a whale birth, with the last one witnessed decades ago. Now, two major papers ...