A dead sperm whale that washed up on a Nantucket beach is making waves for local officials who are trying to move it. The 50-foot, 104,000-pound male sperm whale appeared on the island off ...
WLRN: Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth
The researchers knew something was off. It was July 2023, and they were on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, tracking a sperm whale, when they came across a larger group: 11 whales, bunched together near ...
Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth
Reuters: When a sperm whale gives birth, the mother gets help from her friends
When a sperm whale gives birth, the mother gets help from her friends
National Geographic news: Scientists recorded a sperm whale birth up close for the first time. They discovered something extraordinary.
The marine mammals act like midwives, supporting mothers and their calves through delivery. Sperm whales swim off the coast of Dominica, where, in July 2023, Project CETI scientists witnessed a rare ...