A long-term study using DNA from whale scat has revealed surprising complexity in the diets of southern Alaska’s fish-eating killer whales.

A dead endangered sperm whale washed ashore on a beach in southern Israel on Tuesday. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority ...

Mediterranean sperm whales are endangered, with only 250–2,500 estimated remaining, and face threats from driftnets, plastic pollution, and seismic surveys.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand says she is monitoring a serious and rapidly evolving situation in Mexico and ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to study sperm whale clicks. These clicks, called codas, show structured ...

A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.

A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has developed a method that enables the detailed observation of female ...

Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean's most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish.

A stranded pygmy sperm whale on a beach in east Florida in 2020. Stranding response conducted under a Stranding Agreement between NMFS and FAU Harbor Branch under the authority of the MMPA.

The biggest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic has surfaced off North Carolina - giving scientists new ...