The obverse of this large, flat sperm whale tooth is etched with a large, full-rigged ship with all sails set, driving from left to right towards the viewer. The yards or horizontal spars are deeply ...
This carved sperm whale tooth is only engraved on one side, but it has an unusual subject. Instead of the more common full-rigged sailing ship, this tooth depicts a steamboat in profile moving from ...
For the crew of the Essex, it was a day flecked with hope: The lookouts atop the whale-ship saw spouts, telltale signs of nearby sperm whales. But within hours, tragedy, rather than bounty ...
Marine biologists are inching closer to understanding the ins and outs of sperm whale communication. But in order to decode what the cetaceans are saying, they must first need to find them and ...
What's the difference between blue whales and sperm whales? Blue whales grow far more significant than sperm whales. In addition, sperm whales feed using teeth, while blue whales feed using a baleen.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network has released the necropsy update of the dead sperm whale that was found in North Charleston in February. Sample results ...
Scientists have made an alarming discovery about the mass departure of sperm whales from the waters near Mexico, signaling a worrying shift in the larger ecosystem. According to The Hill ...
Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales and are known for their extreme diving abilities. They often go down to 3,000 feet in search of squid, their primary food source. These dives can last ...
First launched in 2020, Project CETI is working to collect vocalizations to decipher how sperm whales communicate with one another. They have used tags affixed to the whales to track them in real ...