Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months, succumbing to starvation, dehydration—and even cannibalism ...

Sperm whales off Western Australia's southern coast have successfully defended themselves from an attack by a pod of orca by defecating at will, creating a "cloud of diarrhoea". The rare defence ...

"Moby-Dick" is inspired by a sperm whale, not a killer whale ... the conditions of the open ocean and follow up attacks by possible orca whales. Eventually, the crew resorted to cannibalism ...

Bounded by the Caspian Sea, the former Soviet republic known as Azerbaijan may be one of the last places people would expect to see a beached sperm whale. As the world's largest lake, the inland ...

A sperm whale that washed ashore this month in Nova Scotia starved to death after consuming 150 kilograms of fishing gear, the Marine Animal Response Society said Friday. The executive director of ...

Scientists have made an alarming discovery about the mass departure of sperm whales from the waters near Mexico, signaling a worrying shift in the larger ecosystem. According to The Hill ...

Watch the amazing moment a pair of Sperm Whales display rare behavior in front of stunned divers. The duo appeared to be playing together while the other whales were resting. It was caught on camera ...

A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say. Items found included 115 drinking cups ...

Last April, a male sperm whale beached off the coast of Spain with 64 pounds of trash bags and garbage in its digestive system. A month later, a pilot whale swallowed 17 pounds of plastic bags ...