Discover how much the mighty sperm whale eats and how they work together to care for their young.

The ship’s success in whale hunting was just as mercurial ... The pace exhausted the crew, but when a lookout spotted a shoal of sperm whales on the morning of November 20, the sailors lowered ...

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 ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell ...

MONTEREY >> Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the planet’s largest-toothed predator hunts for prey, which could ...

It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long time. A sperm whale can spend around 90 minutes hunting underwater before it has ...

Whaling started as early as the 1650s in northeast US, predominantly in Nantucket. First, the whaling ships netted the “right ...

A sperm whale filmed swimming among people at Western Australian beach has died after becoming stuck on a sandbar. Wildlife officers had spent several days trying to guide the elderly whale ...

Fourteen young sperm whales have died in a mass stranding on a beach in Tasmania, Australia. The whale carcasses were discovered by locals on King Island and reported to authorities on Monday ...