When sperm whale researcher Rui Prieto shouted “head ramming!” during a routine day of research off the coast of Spain, the scientific team on board was understandably excited. After all, this type of ...
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 ...
When marine biologist Shane Gero spotted a plume of blood spreading across the water where a group of sperm whales had gathered in the Caribbean, he feared the worst — injury to one of the whales, ...