For a moment, biologist Shane Gero feared the worst—a brutal predator attack on a family of sperm whales he’d studied for years. But as he watched the drone feed, the horror transformed into something ...

Scientists captured a rare sperm whale birth and found strong teamwork, communication, and social bonds in action underwater.

Few people have been lucky enough to see a whale birth, with the last one witnessed decades ago. Now, two major papers describe a 2023 birth captured by researchers.

NEW YORK — Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals. The video taken in 2023 shows female whales from two family ...

Ten whales helped a mama sperm whale give birth—giving us a glimpse into whale culture and why animals help each other out.

Science lovers got a treat recently when new research on sperm whales was quietly released. Researchers not only witnessed ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When marine biologist Shane Gero spotted a plume of blood spreading across the water where a group of sperm whales had gathered in ...