A sperm whale’s tooth can weigh more than two pounds and they are illegally trafficked to be used as decorations and for ...

“We got some clear photos of the whale, and it turned out to be one of two species, either a Dwarf or a Pygmy sperm whale but there’s been a bit of debate on it,” Mr Pyke told The Advertiser.

A recent study of two sperm whale clans living in fairly close proximity ... Cantor explained that it is rare to observe two clans of the same species that live so close to one another, but ...

The carcass of a dwarf sperm whale is found washed up on an Adelaide beach, with a local tour boat operator who says he saw the "very rare" animal when it was alive and several kilometres offshore ...

said sperm whales — the largest of the toothed whales, which are listed as endangered by both the state and federal governments — "typically stay in deep water environments, unlike other large whale ...

Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...

UK trade in ivory from hippos, narwhals, orcas and sperm whales has been banned as part of conservation efforts, the ...

unlike other large whale species that use shallower coastal waters to feed." "So, while it is less common, there are records of sperm whales stranding in Massachusetts, including one which ...

UK trade in ivory from hippos, narwhals, orcas and sperm whales has been banned as part of conservation efforts, the Government has said. The Ivory Act, introduced to protect elephants, has been ...

Sperm whales and narwhals in Europe’s Arctic region are also assessed as vulnerable to extinction on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species ...

Unlike dolphins or sperm whales, which often live in large, social pods, many baleen whale species lead more solitary lives. When faced with an attack, they must decide whether to fight or flee. Some ...