Scientists have spent the last five years observing sperm whale communication and behaviors using tags, buoys and drones. They’ve finally begun to learn how whales use calls for communication.

New research reveals that sperm whales produce vowel-like sounds, challenging previous assumptions and offering new insights into the evolution of animal communication.

The robots can hover over marine mammals and gather all sorts of information in a way that’s less invasive to the animals ...

In a paper just published in Open Mind, a journal, a group of researchers with the Cetacean Translation Initiative ( CETI ), ...

Close encounters between humans and whales are rare, but they do happen. While most of these incidents end with awe and a ...

Two sperm whales, dubbed Kiwi and Guava, were spotted seven miles off the Dana Point coast on Tuesday, Sept. 16, a rare sighting of the deep-water dwellers. The sperm whales had been spotted off San ...

A spectacular sight near the shores of SoCal! Whale watchers aboard the Zodiac Safari vessel, part of the Captain Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari fleet, were treated to a rare visit from a ...

This story has been corrected for clarity; the finding of a beached whale was not part of this investigation. A South Carolina man faces hefty fines and home arrest for trafficking animal parts on ...

SAN DIEGO — A pair of rare sperm whales, first sighted off the San Diego coast last week, has been spotted again over the weekend, raising hopes that these sightings may become more frequent. The ...

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 ...