Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

An intestinal secretion called ambergris found in sperm whales was used as a fixative in the perfume industry. At one time, ...

California State Parks rangers found the adult pygmy sperm whale on the beach north ... The 10-and-a-half-foot-long whale “had numerous skin abrasions (marking and cuts), but that was likely ...

Volunteers remove remaining lengths of rope from the whale after it was found stranded on Monday A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the ...

Researchers are conducting testing on a pygmy sperm whale that washed ashore in Pismo Beach last week. Officials with The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) say it’s rare for these types of whales to ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale struggling in the surf at Dockweiler State Beach ...

The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...