As their numbers grow, so do deadly human encounters. Researchers are fascinated by their songs, sexuality and collective ...

Costa Rica is a beautiful country. It’s a very popular summer destination, especially for eco-tours and swimming. Not only ...

The carcass of a sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket, prompting recovery operations Sunday by officials and wildlife groups, according to a local nonprofit.

The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...

According to the team, changing the human-based perception of timing was crucial to these findings. In humans, vowels are ...

In a paper just published in Open Mind, a journal, a group of researchers with the Cetacean Translation Initiative ( CETI ), ...

Scientists have spent the last five years observing sperm whale communication and behaviors using tags, buoys and drones. They’ve finally begun to learn how whales use calls for communication.

Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.

A harbor seal narrowly escaped becoming prey to a pod of killer whales near Seattle, according to wildlife photographer ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, researchers have discovered that sperm whales communicate using vowel-like sounds, a characteristic previously thought to be unique to human speech. This study, led by ...

In Mexico’s Gulf of California, scientists captured rare footage of a group of orcas called Moctezuma’s pod hunting young great white sharks by flipping them upside down to paralyze them and extract ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California were spotted attacking great white sharks using a unique hunting strategy: A body slam and ...