Eleven sperm whales gathered near the surface off the coast of Dominica on the morning of July 8, 2023, and stayed there for hours. That alone was unusual. What researchers watching from a drone above ...

Witnessing the birth of any animal is a special moment, but wild births can be hard to come by, especially when the creature you are hoping to see lives in the ocean. However, thanks to some ...

When a mother sperm whale gives birth, it is a remarkable team effort. Marine biologists have documented how multiple adult female sperm whales surrounded the mother as the whale gave birth, then ...

An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the process. Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth The ...

Scientists recently published the first footage of a sperm whale birth, and it was a crowded ordeal. More than 10 other sperm whales were there for the delivery and helped keep the baby whale ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals. Deadly screwworm’s leap into the US mystifies health ...

Researchers say the sperm whale birth is among the first pieces of evidence of a non-primate animal participating in a cooperative birth Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

The researchers knew something was off. It was July 2023, and they were on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, tracking a sperm whale, when they came across a larger group: 11 whales, bunched together near ...