Part of the Kona coast has quietly turned into a buffet for big predators after a decomposing sperm whale, or palaoa, drifted onto a lava flat near Makalawena and began shedding blubber into the surf.

In deep, tropical offshore waters, there exists a whale that’s roughly the size of a dolphin. Sightings of it are extremely rare, and few people have captured it on film. Despite its small size, it ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — A juvenile sperm whale that became stranded on the South Carolina coast was euthanized Sunday night after experts determined it was too weak and sick to be returned ...

The cause of death has yet to be determined; experts from the University of Haifa and the Delphis Association for Marine ...

The whale washed up this morning (Tuesday) on Zikim Beach, within the marine nature reserve. Marine researchers will examine ...

MIAMI — Marine biologists are working to determine why a young sperm whale became stranded on a Miami beach Tuesday morning. According to NOAA, the whale was still alive when it washed ashore but had ...

A newborn sperm whale calf, the youngest ever recorded in England and Wales, has been discovered dead on a scenic beach in ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) – Beachgoers in Georgia found themselves in shock after a sperm whale beached itself on the shore of Hilton Head Island Sunday. The whale was still alive as beachgoers ...

Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know? What happened ...

The ban improved human-sperm whale relations but made the study of whales more difficult. Whaling gave scientists access to otherwise inaccessible subjects, but yielded reports that tended to ...