(Submitted by Brendon Gould) Typically, male sperm whales travel in pods. When you see one by itself, it's likely sick or got caught in some ice. But it could also be injured as a result of human ...

The ban improved human-sperm whale relations but made the study of whales more difficult. Whaling gave scientists access to otherwise inaccessible subjects, but yielded reports that tended to ...

Benoît Girodeau, aka Natty Gong, got the experience of lifetime when two sperm whales saved him from a white tip shark.

revealing structures similar to those found in human language. The rhythmic sequences of clicks sperm whales use to communicate are known as codas – and it was previously thought that they had ...

Typically, male sperm whales travel in pods. When you see one by itself, it's likely sick or got caught in some ice. But it could also be injured as a result of human activity: trawling and ships can ...