Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swims together in the Indian Ocean. For years, researchers with Project CETI have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are ...

MONTEREY – Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the planet’s largest-toothed predator hunts for prey, which could include a giant squid or even a shark. Since the deep ocean is dark, the ...

On a special episode (first released on June 6, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: These gentle giants of the ocean have long been a source of fascination for us humans. And while researchers have made ...

Biologists now believe that the sperm whale’s massive head functions like a powerful telegraph machine, emitting pulses of sound in distinct patterns. At the front of the head are the spermaceti organ ...

The other day, an article in Popular Mechanics (of all things) caught my attention. It described how scientists are making ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean, off the coast of Central California, a mysterious clicking sound punctuated the silence of the deep sea. The peculiar noise was picked up by a ...