Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) really do use their massive heads to deliberately push and strike objects. A team of ...

The drone footage puts on display several behaviors: the whales are rolling, surfacing, opening their jaws, and circling back ...

Illustration showing a goose-beaked whale emitting an echolocation click while foraging, with the sound waves reaching hydrophones on acoustic recorders at different times. This time difference allows ...

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 ...

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