A 53-foot sea creature washed ashore after it was reported dead off the coast of Oregon. Now researchers know how it died.

Miley Cyrus credits salmon sperm facials for her glowing skin as she explains the surprising skincare trend celebrities are ...

He’s illustrated a new edition of Herman Melville’s novel, now in the public domain. It begins with a striking image of a ...

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex In 1820, an angry sperm whale sank the ... to instruct the islanders in the art of killing whales. Their first boats were only 20 ...

HILTON HEAD — Trained professionals are working to keep a sperm whale comfortable before euthanizing it after the whale beached itself on the barrier island. The 31-foot, 20-ton sperm whale ...

In 1820, an angry sperm whale sank the whaleship Essex ... across Nantucket Sound to instruct the islanders in the art of killing whales. Their first boats were only 20 feet long, launched ...

Sperm whales, the planet’s largest toothed predator, have incredibly complex social structures and cultural practices. During a recent WWF-backed research expedition around Greece’s northwestern ...

Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says videos of sperm whale carcasses, like the one taken in Newfoundland this week, can help scientists figure out where to ...

It is believed the sperm whale that died off the coast of Skye was the same one freed last week Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News - A weekly of the Hay's Way tour of Scotland emailed direct to you.

When the Russians attacked one of the females, another bigger whale lurched out of the water to defend it, placing it directly in line with the Russian harpoons. After being shot, it rose up ...

Population decline: Between 2009 and 2015, the population of sperm whales in the central Gulf of California ranged between 20 and 167 individuals, with a total "super population" of 354 whales ...