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

This ability to poop at will as a form of self-defense is a rare trait and defense mechanism used by sperm whales. The pod of orcas attempted to attack the sperm whale group on Tuesday ...

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 ...

The whale's severe injury was apparent in footage captured shortly after the incident An endangered sperm whale - nicknamed Julio by scientists - has been killed in a collision with a vessel in ...

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 ...

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 ...

A sperm whale is seen in an undated photo published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (NOAA photo) Federal prosecutors are recommending that an Alaska fisherman serve six ...

An enormous, rancid-smelling, 52-foot sperm whale has lain beached on the shoreline of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, since Monday. It’s a jarring sight; no sperm whales live in ...