The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

Off the Caribbean island of Dominica, Cecilia Vega dove into efforts to create a preserve to protect sperm whales and ...

The exodus of sperm whales from Mexico’s Gulf of California in response to jumbo squid population declines may be indicative of broader ecosystem instability, a new study has found. As apex ...

But exactly how sperm whales catch squid, like many other areas of their lives, remains a mystery. "They're slow swimmers," says Kirsten Young, a marine scientist at the University of Exeter.

Population decline: Between 2009 and 2015, the population of sperm whales in the central Gulf of California ranged between 20 and 167 individuals, with a total "super population" of 354 whales ...

"And because sperm whale's diet consists mostly of squid, they actually have this really reddish coloured poo," she said. "And it seems like it actually did work in this case," she said.

The exodus of sperm whales from Mexico’s Gulf of California in response to jumbo squid population declines may be indicative of broader ecosystem instability, a new study has found. As apex ...

Sperm whales have a lot to say. The animals spend much of their lives in darkness, searching the ocean's depths for giant squid. So sound rules their world, especially in their tight-knit family ...

Sperm whales are used to hunting for prey like giant squid in deep waters, using echolocation and soundwaves as their guide. In shallow water, sandbanks and other land formations can interfere ...

Deprived of its primary food, giant squid, the whale's spout grew noticeably listless. Unlike Japan's easy-to-navigate harbors like Kobe, Osaka Bay, which serves Japan's third-largest city, is a ...

Researchers also found squid beaks, fish skeleton and remains of other prey in the whale's stomach. It’s the first known case of a sperm whale in Hawaii waters ingesting discarded fishing gear ...

QUICK FACTS. Name: Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) Where it lives: Tropical and temperate waters around the world. What it eats: Deep-sea squid, octopuses, crustaceans and fish. Dwarf sperm whales ...