Fortunately, sperm whale milk contains more than 30% fat so that it doesn’t dissolve in water. Sperm whale mothers give birth once every 4 to 20 years and spend more than a decade taking care of ...

The cameraman thought the sperm whale had been tangled up in a piece of trash and tried to get the bucket off the whales head. “And the sperm whale thought this was a great game,” Honeyborne said.

Armstrong proudly states that the team’s work on the documentary led to discoveries about the sperm whale; the filmmakers, while free diving, captured images of a whale calf feeding from its mother.

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A team of researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, recently provided a comprehensive, ...

Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort ...

Patrick Dykstra has a life-changing experience in Dominica when he has a close encounter with a sperm whale he names “Dolores.” During this first encounter, he attempts to communicate with her ...

A sperm whale in the ocean off of the Caribbean island of Dominica surprised a 60 Minutes photographer by pooping on him. It's actually a good thing, National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales. Sperm whales weigh 15 tons to 45 tons, with males weighing more than females. Females reach physical maturity around 30 years old when they are about ...

Stray whales can be a jumbo-sized headache for local governments. The cost to taxpayers of the offshore burial for last year's stranded sperm whale was more than half a million dollars — 10 ...

Disney+ has shared a scene from its upcoming nature documentary series Secrets of the Whales.It comes from executive producer James Cameron, with Sigourney Weaver narrating. The series “ventures ...