New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...

After a massive sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket, responders are examining it and making plans for what comes next.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...