Say you want to listen in on a group of super-intelligent aliens whose language you don't understand, and whose spaceship ...

A rare young pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag: an exceptional case that highlights the alarming impact ...

You might not think of a sea creature as helpful in the prevention of climate change, but sperm whales have been doing their part to cool the planet by doing what most animals do best: pooping. Hosted ...

For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn't feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...

One of Trevor Barrett’s excavators and a Robert B. Our tugboat were used to remove the dead sperm whale from Nantucket’s north shore Friday. Marine mammal experts from the International Fund for ...

A dead sperm whale that washed up on a Nantucket beach is making waves for local officials who are trying to move it. The 50-foot, 104,000-pound male sperm whale appeared on the island off ...

Nantucket residents were encouraged on Thursday to pay their respects to a 52-ton sperm whale that washed up dead on the island on Sunday before it gets towed back out to sea, officials said. “Many ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Officials have determined that a deceased sperm whale that washed up on the north shore of Nantucket on Sunday is too big to move for a necropsy. Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket Executive Director ...

A dead male sperm whale estimated to be about 40 to 50 feet long is currently anchored on a north shore beach on Nantucket while scientists determine what to do with it. Members of Marine Mammal ...

The carcass of a sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket Sunday, prompting recovery operations by officials and wildlife groups, according to a local nonprofit. The whale is male and likely a juvenile, ...

After poring over recordings from sperm whales in the Caribbean, UC Berkeley linguist GasperBegus had an unlikely breakthrough. According to a new study from Begus and his colleagues with Project CETI ...