Pigment sampling at a claviform rock art figure in Tebellín, Spain. (Alberto Martínez Villa/Bossoms Mesa et al., Nat. Commun.

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Like a group of scheming teens shifting their conversation when a teacher walks by, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video taken by Matt Stumpf, a boat captain with Captain Dave's Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari, captured the incredible moment the ...

Much like human languages, the vocalizations of sperm whales evolve over time, as disparate populations of whales develop distinct dialects. A new study shows how an isolated population of sperm ...

7. Is swimming with sperm whales ethical? When conducted under permit, with limited group sizes and strict distance rules, swimming with sperm whales can be ethical and low-impact. Reputable operators ...

Drone footage has revealed sperm whales headbutting each other—something scientists had only speculated about until now. Surprisingly, it’s younger whales doing it, not the giant males researchers ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed predators on Earth and among the deepest divers in the animal kingdom. These giants plunge more than a kilometer into the dark ocean abyss in search of giant squid ...

The sperm whale is the largest toothed predator on Earth, capable of weighing up to 60 tons and diving more than 2,000 meters into the lightless abyss. During dives lasting nearly two hours, its lungs ...

Researchers have mapped the position of individual amino acids in proteins using a conventional light microscope. The team used an improved version of a technique called expansion microscopy, which ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The 61-foot fin whale, an endangered species, was discovered when the ...

In 2021, researchers identified a new whale species and are now scrambling to save their natural habitat By Danna Staaf This adult Rice's whale skull at the National Museum of Natural History is the ...