A massive dead whale washed onto the North Carolina shore, drawing thousands to a beach 97 years ago.

On Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025, the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology personnel found a live pygmy sperm whale ...

Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says videos of sperm whale carcasses, like the one taken in Newfoundland this week, can help scientists figure out where to ...

Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia, Norway and Ukraine, prosecutors said.

A whale has died after becoming stranded near a Scots beach. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) were made aware of a sperm whale in Ettrick Bay, on the Isle of Bute, on Tuesday, April 8.

A live Pygmy sperm whale calf was found stranded on Emerald Isle last week and later died. The NC State Center for Marine ...

Ambergris, a golden material treasured by beachcombers since ancient times and used in perfumes, grows only in the gut of the sperm whale. And then there’s the tale of the Essex, a Nantucket ...

Perhaps the most ambitious of The Americas’ segments involves following a sperm whale on a deep sea hunt, something scientists have speculated about but no one had ever seen. “The Americas ...

In a social media video that has amassed over 10,000 views, Gould lies on the rocks next to a thawing and decaying sperm whale. Sperm whales can weigh between 15 and 50 tonnes and measure between ...

The Justice Department said Lauren DeLoach, 69, would instruct suppliers to label shipments as "plastic" to avoid seizure from U.S. customs.

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, reaching 45 tons and living for decades. Their populations were imperiled by historic whaling practices and they are still considered rare ...