Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months ... telltale signs of nearby sperm whales. But within hours, tragedy, rather than bounty, befell the ship’s crew—events that went ...

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 ...

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 ...

A University of Washington research team found that four species of whales are particularly vulnerable to fatal collisions ...

The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...

"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 ...

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 ...