The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

Orcas, also known as killer whales, are one of the ocean’s most powerful apex predators. With their striking black and white coloring, impressive hunting skills, and adaptability, they dominate the ...

An extraordinary discovery was made at the Valencina Copper Age mega-site in southwest Spain, which has captured the ...

The whale will remain on the beach to naturally decompose. A 53-foot male sperm whale that washed ashore near Seaside was killed by a vessel strike, researchers determined after performing a necropsy.

The cephalopod was first discovered in 1925 when scientists found arm fragments from two squid in the belly of a sperm whale. Until last month, ... the mythical Kraken, a gigantic tentacled sea ...

The Kraken-esque critter also has the largest eyes of any animal, ... squid are frequently targeted by elephant seals and penguins while adults often fall prey to sleeper sharks and sperm whales.

Most of what we know about colossal squid comes from remains found in sperm whale stomachs, as was the case with its initial discovery in 1925, when marine biologist James Erik Hamilton found two ...

The most celebrated natural antagonism between sperm whales and squid, conjuring up images of the Leviathan grappling with the Kraken in the abyssal trenches, almost certainly involves the jumbo ...

Sperm whales, the planet’s largest toothed predator, have incredibly complex social structures and cultural practices. During a recent WWF-backed research expedition around Greece’s northwestern ...

Lauren H. DeLoach of South Carolina admitted to importing more than $18,000 worth of sperm whale parts from Australia, Latvia, Norway and Ukraine, prosecutors said.