A rare sighting of a sperm whale was made in the Waterford Estuary. Members of the public using the estuary have advised to ...

A whale's diet varies by species. Odontocetes, or whales with teeth, use echolocation to hunt their food with sound rather than sight. They eat squid, octopus, fish, prawns, crustaceans and other ...

A large sperm whale was spotted near Arthurstown, Co Wexford on Tuesday close to the Waterford Estuary. Locals had been ...

Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

Some findings jumped out right away, she notes. For example, the odontocetes, or toothed whales, “have very asymmetrical skulls.” In 2020, Coombs coauthored a paper on some of her initial findings, ...

Dolphins, pilot whales and beaked whales are also odontocetes. These whales catch their food, such as squid and fish, by either sucking them into their mouths or by grabbing and biting. If their prey ...