The sperm whale is the largest toothed predator on the planet and the master of the open ocean. The aim of the Blue Planet II team was to capture an intimate family portrait of sperm whales ...

The pace exhausted the crew, but when a lookout spotted a shoal of sperm whales on the morning of November ... Upon Chase’s return to his family, who had “given me up for lost,” his ...

Sperm whales are highly social creatures, traveling in family groups. “It’s hard not to see cousins playing while chatting,” Biologist Shane Gero told NPR. “To not see moms hand over to a ...

The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...

The adult female sperm whale was found dead on a beach in north Wales A dead whale found washed up on a beach in north Wales was an adult female, experts have said. Abersoch Coastguard Rescue Team ...

The sperm whale is the world's largest predator and dives deeper than any other mammal - up to depths of over 2,000m. Its call reaches 220 decibels, the loudest made by any creature on Earth ...

But despite their size and their expressiveness, sperm whales remain one of the ocean’s biggest mysteries. Do they share complex ideas? What are the dynamics in their family groups? And what ...

Sperm whales have washed-up at beaches in the mouth of the Humber The carcasses of three sperm whales have been found in East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire. Two currently remain on mud on ...