That whale was towed for hours to a shipyard, placed on a flatbed truck, and brought to a landfill for a necropsy. Its ...

Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.

According to the team, changing the human-based perception of timing was crucial to these findings. In humans, vowels are ...

New research reveals sperm whale communication is more complex than thought. Instead of simple clicks, whales use vowel-like ...

VENICE, Fla. -- A sperm whale beached off the coast of Venice, Florida, has died following attempts to save it, officials said Monday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are ...

In a paper just published in Open Mind, a journal, a group of researchers with the Cetacean Translation Initiative ( CETI ), ...

A 13-day survey conducted in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) found a large variety of marine life living in the region, including sperm whales, Risso’s dolphins, and common dolphins. The University ...

Scientists from Project CETI and the University of California at Berkeley have identified new structural elements in sperm ...

You might not think of a sea creature as helpful in the prevention of climate change, but sperm whales have been doing their ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, reaching 45 tons and living for decades. Their populations were imperiled by historic whaling practices and they are still considered rare ...