This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale ...

California State Parks rangers found the adult pygmy sperm whale on the beach north of Grand Avenue last week. They reported ...

Whales live in waters over 1,000 metres deep and are social, forming cohesive groups that in some cases may number hundreds ...

A young Venezuelan packrafter briefly became a modern-day Jonah when a humpback whale gulped him up in its jaws and closed ...

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

Kayaker Adrián Simancas describes what it was like being swallowed briefly by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile.

A stunning video from Chile shows a humpback whale briefly scooping a kayaker into its mouth before releasing him unharmed.

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 ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

I remembered about Pinocchio," he said, referring to the 1940 animated film, which sees its hero swallowed by a giant sperm whale named Monstro. "It was surprising. I wasn't expecting that at all." ...

A rare dwarf sperm whale mysteriously washed ashore in Australia, prompting an official investigation, according to news ...

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 ...