In Florida, two dead sperm whales have been buried in one week. On May 4th, a young sperm whale was found dead after breaching in Key Largo. An autopsy was performed on the calf whale to determine the cause of death. According to Blair Mase, the calf died from being separated from its mother. Mase…
On Sunday evening, rescue team had to euthanized pygmy sperm whale after it sustained serious injuries. The Malibu Surfrider Beach lifeguard were the ones that found the whale and called it in. When the Los Angeles County Fire Department came to the scene they worked hard to move the whale. The whale was repeatedly hitting…
The Pygmy Sperm Whale is a very rare and relatively small-sized species of whale that’s commonly mistaken for its cousin, the Dwarf Sperm Whale.
The Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of only two cetacean species that can eject “ink” to scare off would-be predators. The Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of only three surviving species in the sperm whale family. These creatures are very rarely sighted out at sea, so the much that’s known about them is gathered from studying…
Drawing a line between Sharks And Whales can get confusing. Here, we’ll learn which is a mammal or a fish and the most important differences between both.
Learn more than you probably knew before about different whales in our compilation of facts about whales and explore the hidden world of these giants of the Oceans.
You may have read or heard of Herman Melvilles’s book and the whale character named Moby Dick at some point. But what of the horrific but true evenst behind the book?
Learn all about the sperm whale: a very unique and popular whale indeed. This is another creature that was almost hunted to extinction and a whale of this same species happens to be the inspiration behind the 1851 classic tale by Herman Melville: Moby Dick.
Whales are amazing, and large. In fact, the biggest whales are larger than the greatest dinosaurs that ever walked the earth. Here are some facts about them.
There’s a very popular story about a whale swallowing a person. But based on science, can a whale swallow a human being? What would happen to such a person?