Sperm whales are known to socialize, but scientists were stunned when they saw a group of sperm whales gather as one of them ...

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

For a moment, biologist Shane Gero feared the worst—a brutal predator attack on a family of sperm whales he’d studied for ...

Two new studies from Project CETI provide the most detailed account of a sperm whale birth ever recorded, revealing ...

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

Across the half century or so that seafarers and scientists have spent studying the habits of sperm whales, some of the most ...

Researchers have documented the first known example of non-kin helping with the birth and postnatal care of a marine mammal.

Sperm whales’ clicking communiques include context and combination structures that make their messaging more akin to language than previously known, according to a team of researchers at MIT. Sperm ...

Researchers have made progress in understanding the communication patterns of sperm whales around Dominica, suggesting that these majestic marine mammals might be using a "phonetic alphabet" to ...

Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) has published two scientific studies presenting the most comprehensive ...