The marine mammal — an infrequent visitor to the shores of the Emerald Isle — was spotted in the Waterford Estuary on the ...

Marvel star Josh Brolin has joined a new thriller that tells the story of a man swallowed by a whale. Described as " The Martian meets 127 Hours ", the movie is an adaptation of Daniel Kraus' ...

A sperm whale's brain weighs about 17 pounds (8 kilograms) — about five times heavier than a human brain — making it the ...

"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." ...

Sperm whales have the biggest brain of any (known) animal on earth. They can weigh up to 20 pounds. By comparison, a human brain weighs, on average, about three pounds. And while brain size doesn ...

Sperm Whales belong to the suborder of toothed whales ... The creatures have a life expectancy roughly equivalent to a human’s, at around 70 years. Males grow to around 18.3 metres (60 feet ...

Volunteers remove remaining lengths of rope from the whale after it was found stranded on Monday A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the ...

A recent study by Stony Brook University postdoctoral fellow Mason Youngblood revealed the complex efficiency of whale ...

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 ...

Sperm whale was first spotted within 100 yards of Bathtub Beach Wednesday NOAA, FWC and Harbor Branch are looking for the sperm whale They're concerned it's sick and will strand itself soon STUART ...

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.