In a new study, Cartwright and a team of strandings specialists documented how a “companion whale” tries to help when an individual humpback whale gets entangled in fishing gear. 3:47 ...

We have investigated the effects of heme rotational isomerism in sperm-whale carbonmonoxymyoglobin using computational techniques. Several molecular dynamics simulations have been performed for the ...

To learn more about the fascinating worlds of several species, including belugas, humpbacks, and sperm whales, check out his cover story on whale culture in the May issue of National Geographic.

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A female pygmy sperm whale found beached on the rocks in central Florida has been euthanized. Florida Today reports that biologists had to kill the marine mammal on ...

The magazine Nature announced the results of its annual Scientist at Work photography contest. The six winning entries are a set of dramatic, intimate portraits of research from all over the globe.

“Rare” sperm whale was spotted near Dana Point, CA, in an extraordinary moment for whale watchers and onlookers are calling it “once-in-a-lifetime” experience.

Sperm whales are “elusive deep-divers” so they aren’t seen off the coast very often, making for an “extraordinary moment,” the group said. Dana Point is about a 60-mile drive southeast ...

“Rare” sperm whale was spotted near Dana Point, CA, in an extraordinary moment for whale watchers and onlookers are calling it “once-in-a-lifetime” experience.

“Rare” sperm whale was spotted near Dana Point, CA, in an extraordinary moment for whale watchers and onlookers are calling it “once-in-a-lifetime” experience.

Pygmy sperm whales are known to be “deep-diving cetaceans seldom seen near shore”, RAD KI said in a Facebook post. A goanna has been spotted eating a beached pygmy sperm whale on Kangaroo ...

Pygmy sperm whales are known to be “deep-diving cetaceans seldom seen near shore”, RAD KI said in a Facebook post. A goanna has been spotted eating a beached pygmy sperm whale on Kangaroo ...