For the crew of the Essex, it was a day flecked with hope: The lookouts atop the whale-ship saw spouts, telltale signs of nearby sperm whales. But within hours, tragedy, rather than bounty ...

The sperm whale on Cuttyhunk Island was a female measuring 32 feet long and weighing about 11 tons, Hedman said.

A sperm whale stranded on Cuttyhunk Island over the weekend, adding to alarming whale death toll since December. Here's what ...

Dale Lynch, the assistant harbor master on Cuttyhunk, said the whale was found alive on the south side of the island, ...

Whale, you’ll never believe what makes certain perfumes and colognes smell so good. A rare, waxy material called ambergris — ...

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A deceased sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island, marking Massachusetts' second whale stranding in025.

The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...

Anglers off the coast of Honduras captured rare footage of a pod of orcas eating a sperm whale, according to a new study. Photo from Felix Rottmann, UnSplash While fishing off the coast of Honduras in ...

A dead whale has washed up on the beach at Fort Morgan on the Alabama coast. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab confirmed a sperm whale carcass washed up along the shore in Fort Morgan, WKRG-TV reported.

A new immersive art installation highlights the effects humans have on ocean ecosystems, and whales in particular.

The OBX Marine Mammal Stranding Network reports that a dead male dwarf sperm whale (kogia sima) washed up on the beach in Carova on January 24.