"We could not confirm its size, but it doesn't look like a calf or juvenile. It looks more like an adult or sub-adult." ...

now referred to as “Modern Day Jonah,” could have made it out alive. The Eden Killer Whale Museum in New South Wales has ...

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 ...

The first was right at the beginning of whale evolution, just shy of 50 million years ago, when the archaeocetes—the ancestors of modern cetaceans ... from the river dolphins to the deep-diving sperm ...

A sperm whale has died after becoming tangled in ropes and stranding on a Scottish island. The 15-metre (49ft) long whale was first spotted off the coast of Skye on Thursday. A team from the ...

A figure from the text comparing "C. youngorum" to a modern sperm whale as well as rates of body size evolution over time between ichthyosaurs and cetaceans. The lines trending towards the top ...

A sperm whale got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope off the east coast of Skye. The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said it was alerted to the incident at 13:00 on ...

There are over 90 whale species. Some of the most famous whale species are humpback whales, sperm whales, blue whales and narwhals. Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales.

Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris. Though it develops in the intestine of sperm whales, it produces a prized scent used in high-end fragrances. Following is the ...

It's bigger than the biggest whale shark, which is the largest fish found on our planet today. In fact, it's closer in length to a modern sperm whale. Its stomach may have held 10,000 litres ...