For a long time it was thought that fish don't sleep, and truthfully, they don't sleep like we do, but they do engage in ...

An update on how New England’s North Atlantic right whale and the Arctic’s beluga whale populations are faring. Plus, ...

The Americas' team made a landmark sperm whales discovery in producing the groundbreaking NBC nature documentary series.

Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know?

A beached sperm whale that washed up on Hilton Head Island Saturday evening was euthanized late last night, according to the town’s Facebook post. The 31-foot whale is believed to be a juvenile ...

HILTON HEAD — Trained professionals are working to keep a sperm whale comfortable before euthanizing it after the whale beached itself on the barrier island. The 31-foot, 20-ton sperm whale ...

Sperm whales, the planet’s largest toothed predator, have incredibly complex social structures and cultural practices. During a recent WWF-backed research expedition around Greece’s northwestern ...

Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says videos of sperm whale carcasses, like the one taken in Newfoundland this week, can help scientists figure out where to ...

Sperm whale is playing under surface ... via Wikimedia Commons Whales have a unique method of sleep that involves shutting down half of their brain while the other half remains active, allowing them ...

While dolphins and belugas can spend more than 30% of their day sleeping (like humans) sperm whales only sleep for 7% of the time. This sleep happens in brief naps that usually last around 10 minutes.