The largest predators in the world, sperm whales, have a voracious appetite for jumbo squid, themselves a fearsome carnivore called "red devils" by fishermen. Yet how sperm whales hunt jumbo squid ...

Dwarf sperm whales can release ink like cephalopods to disorientate predators and other threats. Footage captured near Cape Town, South Africa, shows one whale use the tactic to evade a cape fur seal.

Population decline: Between 2009 and 2015, the population of sperm whales in the central Gulf of California ranged between 20 and 167 individuals, with a total "super population" of 354 whales ...

19 1/2-foot, 103-pound specimen may provide clues to protect endangered whales Looking something like an alien being from the movie "Independence Day," the 19 1/2-foot-long, 103-pound giant squid ...

The exodus of sperm whales from Mexico’s Gulf of California in response to jumbo squid population declines may be indicative of broader ecosystem instability, a new study has found. As apex ...

"And because sperm whale's diet consists mostly of squid, they actually have this really reddish coloured poo," she said. "And it seems like it actually did work in this case," she said.

Impact of Jumbo Squid Collapse: General additive models show a positive relationship (R² = 0.644) between sperm whale sightings and jumbo squid landings, indicating that as squid populations ...

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 ...

Deprived of its primary food, giant squid, the whale's spout grew noticeably listless. Unlike Japan's easy-to-navigate harbors like Kobe, Osaka Bay, which serves Japan's third-largest city, is a ...

LAUREN SOMMER, BYLINE: Sperm whales spend a lot of time in the dark. They dive thousands of feet down searching for deep sea squid. SHANE GERO: These are places where sunlight never gets to.

Sperm whales, the squid’s main predator, can dive up to two kilometers (1.25 miles). Perhaps to help them avoid the whales, colossal squid have evolved the world’s largest eyes — bigger than ...