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 ...

Sperm whales also sleep vertically with their heads just beneath the surface of the water, and no one knows why. One thing scientists do know about sperm whales is that they typically live 70 years.

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 ...

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 ...

It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long time. A sperm whale can spend around 90 minutes hunting underwater before it has ...

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.

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 ...