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

Orcas, also known as killer whales, are one of the ocean’s most powerful apex predators. With their striking black and white coloring, impressive hunting skills, and adaptability, they dominate the ...

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

Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins, sharks, and even other whales and dolphins. Sperm whales dive up to 3,000 feet (900 m ...

An extraordinary discovery was made at the Valencina Copper Age mega-site in southwest Spain, which has captured the ...

The Sperm Whale’s Deadly Call Scientists have discovered that the massive mammal uses elaborate buzzes, clicks and squeaks that spell doom for the animal’s prey ...

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 ...

Marine biologists are trying to figure out why a very young sperm whale became stranded along a Miami beach Tuesday morning.

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell the difference. Two adult sperm whales swim side by side in Dominica ...

A size that would have made them excellent prey for Livyatan, which almost certainly ate both baleen filter-feeding whales and their own toothed-whale relatives. Also included in Livyatans’ diet ...

A sperm whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island will ... Whales often beach themselves when they are seriously injured or ill so sharks can't detect their illness and prey on them as ...

Dwarf sperm whales can live to around 22 years old. ... They eat a variety of deep-sea squid, octopus, crabs, and fish — using echolocation to track down their prey.