The Crime Branch of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Police has arrested two persons for illegal possession of 1.380 kg of ambergris – ...

When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

Quick Take The sperm whale was designated Connecticut’s official state animal in 1975 to honor a 19th-century whaling empire ...

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Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. If you’re of a certain generation, you might be able to trace your affinity for orcas to ...

Scientists refer to sperm whales with the more sensible species name Physeter macrocephalus. Reaching up to 18.5 meters (60 ...

Want to experience this story in a different medium? Check out the related documentary or Science Quickly podcast episode. Like many people who visit San Juan Island, I came here for the orcas. This ...

However, size alone doesn't make sperm whales immune to becoming prey themselves. Their main foes are killer whales, while ...

Like many people who visit San Juan Island, I came here for the orcas. This little patch of forest and farmland off the coast of Washington State is one of the best places in the world to encounter ...

Bernardo Quieroz, a manager at the Mercedes-Benz Oceanic Lounge, which led the tour, suspected it might be orcas. While filming the boat, he noticed three of the marine mammals swimming alongside the ...