How does one of the largest animals in the world sleep, you may wonder? Despite making its way through the sea in a horizontal position, sperm whales catch 40 winks by gathering together ...

They sleep vertically, in groups. Gruber, a biology professor at the City University of New York, said sperm whales seem to have sophisticated social ties and deciphering their communication ...

Sperm whales can grow up to 60 feet (18 meters) long and dive to nearly 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) to hunt for squid. They sleep vertically, in groups. Gruber, a biology professor at the City ...

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 ...

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 ...

The adult female sperm whale was found dead on a beach in north Wales A dead whale found washed up on a beach in north Wales was an adult female, experts have said. Abersoch Coastguard Rescue Team ...

A dead whale has washed up on the beach at Fort Morgan on the Alabama coast. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab confirmed a sperm whale carcass washed up along the shore in Fort Morgan, WKRG-TV reported.