This documentary explores the extraordinary story of Leviathan melvillei, one of the most powerful predators ever to inhabit ...

All Mediterranean sperm whales were thought to be part of one cultural group, identifiable by a unique pattern of clicks, or ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

"Sperm whales became the center of our research due to their remarkable biological and linguistic complexity," Dr. Gruber explains to A-Z Animals. "They possess a massive 18-pound brain that is highly ...

Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting ...

Sperm whales: They’re just like us. An international team of researchers, including marine biologists and linguists, reports that it has detected signs of a “highly complex” phonetic alphabet in the ...

Adult female whales gathered to help during birth process They lifted the newborn to sea surface for first breaths Birth process observed in Caribbean off Dominica's coast March 26 (Reuters) - When a ...

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 ...

On July 8, 2023, whale biologist Shane Gero was on a boat off the coast of Dominica when he realized something “strange” was going on. A group of sperm whales known as “Unit A” that he and his ...

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Our closest living ancestors descended from primates, but does this mean we don't share any commonalities with other, non-primate species? A recent discovery is challenging the extent to which we are ...