Sperm whales have the largest brain of any living animal, weighing up to 9 kilograms (nearly 20 lbs), a key reason scientists believe they possess advanced communication and social intelligence. They ...

As El Niño Approaches, Scientists Predict Fierce Heatwaves, Wildfires and Floods Plugging Away at the Millions of Derelict Oil and Gas Wells in the US After a Century Powering Its Growth With Dams, ...

A spectacular sight near the shores of SoCal! Whale watchers aboard the Zodiac Safari vessel, part of the Captain Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari fleet, were treated to a rare visit from a ...

Eleven sperm whales gathered near the surface off the coast of Dominica on the morning of July 8, 2023, and stayed there for hours. That alone was unusual. What researchers watching from a drone above ...

“Not only did we capture such an amazing dataset, but we actually knew each of these whales,” says marine biologist David Gruber, who leads Project CETI, a nonprofit based partly in the Caribbean ...

SAN DIEGO — Two rare sperm whales were spotted around 15 miles off the San Diego coastline on Saturday. This sighting comes a week after another pair of these whales was sighted last Sunday. The ...