The humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae) is widely seen as a model success story for wildlife conservation. Prior to the 1986 global ban on commercial whaling, marine biologists estimated only ...

Well, luck and some high-tech drones capturing the incredibly rare sight of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) being born ...

In a sperm whale birth recorded in more intimate detail than ever before, local whales huddled around the mother and lifted ...

In an unexpected breakthrough, the 40-foot mammal was freed and swam to deeper water on Friday morning through a channel that ...

Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals.