Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on ...

The island is home to a resident population of sperm whales that can be observed year-round, a rarity among whale habitats worldwide. These whales form matrilineal social groups that rest and ...

Drone footage has revealed sperm whales headbutting each other—something scientists had only speculated about until now. Surprisingly, it’s younger whales doing it, not the giant males researchers ...

NEW YORK — Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals. The video taken in 2023 shows female whales from two family ...

The United States-Israel war on Iran has disrupted global supplies of energy, fertilisers, medicines and even helium, ...

Some animals don’t just break records, they make the record look impossible. A whale longer than a basketball arena. A beetle ...

May 1 (Reuters) - Deep beneath the ocean surface, sperm whales swim through the dark waters, clicking to each other in bursts of sound that can travel for kilometres. Now, scientists say they are ...

We round up five destinations where sightings of cetacean life are almost guaranteed in the spring and summer months, from hotspots off the Azores coast to the skerries between Scottish islands.

A decomposing dead sperm whale was found washed ashore in the Philippines. The 50ft (15m) marine mammal's body was discovered on the rocky part of a beach in Catanduanes on April 30. Drone footage ...

Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) go deep. They can dive 1,300 to 4,000 feet-deep and also travel as much as 15,000 miles per year. These depths and distances make sperm whales and other whale ...

Popular beaches along Sydney's Royal National Park will remain closed for days, as authorities face the immense task of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales—enormous, ocean-dwelling ...