QUICK FACTS Name: Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) Where it lives: Tropical and temperate waters around the world. What it eats: Deep-sea squid, octopuses, crustaceans and fish. Dwarf sperm whales ...

A whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island on May 4 has been euthanized, local officials announced. The whale, which officials have identified as a juvenile sperm whale, was sedated and ...

A sperm whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island will be euthanized with medicine from Florida, a veterinarian from the Georgia Aquarium, the town said.

A young sperm whale beached in Beaufort County may have been starving. Scientists are working to determine what made the whale to strand itself in SC.

Rarely seen species of deep sea whale found alive on North Carolina’s Emerald Isle, but it died before help arrived, officials say. It was a pygmy sperm whale.

An endangered sperm whale found dead on the Oregon coast was struck by a vessel. The whale will remain on the beach to decompose naturally.

Rarely seen species of deep sea whale found alive on North Carolina’s Emerald Isle, but it died before help arrived, officials say. It was a pygmy sperm whale.

Rarely seen species of deep sea whale found alive on North Carolina’s Emerald Isle, but it died before help arrived, officials say. It was a pygmy sperm whale.

Rarely seen species of deep sea whale found alive on North Carolina’s Emerald Isle, but it died before help arrived, officials say. It was a pygmy sperm whale.

Rarely seen species of deep sea whale found alive on North Carolina’s Emerald Isle, but it died before help arrived, officials say. It was a pygmy sperm whale.

Rarely seen species of deep sea whale found alive on North Carolina’s Emerald Isle, but it died before help arrived, officials say. It was a pygmy sperm whale.