TAGBILARAN CITY — A sperm whale was found dead near Banacon Island in Getafe town, Bohol on Monday afternoon, Dec. 16, Mayor Casey Camacho said. The whale was 30 meters long, roughly the size of ...
The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...
Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris. Though it develops in the intestine of sperm whales, it produces a prized scent used in high-end fragrances. Following is the ...
Sperm whales have washed-up at beaches in the mouth of the Humber The carcasses of three sperm whales have been found in East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire. Two currently remain on mud on ...
The sperm whale is the largest toothed predator on the planet and the master of the open ocean. The aim of the Blue Planet II team was to capture an intimate family portrait of sperm whales ...