Sperm whales exemplify the evolutionary drive for highly intense echolocation -- their nose is a massive sound generator that can take up as much as 1/3rd of the body size of an adult male.

The sperm whale is the world's ... methods that scientists use to find these whales is by using underwater directional microphones. With the largest brain in the animal kingdom, this creature ...

A Newfoundland man made news with his creative photography of a dead sperm ... whale expert says the viral video has more value than simple entertainment. Hal Whitehead, a biologist and professor at ...

The 27 sperm whale sightings reported off Ireland since 1990 Image from IWDG The reason for this is that sperm whales tend to spend their lives in deeper parts of the ocean. “Such places are ...