The drone footage puts on display several behaviors: the whales are rolling, surfacing, opening their jaws, and circling back ...

Scientists have finally captured something long rumored but never proven: sperm whales headbutting each other. Using drone ...

Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) really do use their massive heads to deliberately push and strike objects. A team of ...

New Video Evidence Shows Sperm Whales Headbutt ...

Drone footage has revealed sperm whales headbutting each other—something scientists had only speculated about until now.

The footage gives credit to the stories that inspired the novel Moby Dick—while also calling one aspect of the book into ...

Researchers have captured extraordinary footage of sperm whales randomly headbutting each other, confirming anecdotal reports ...

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Illustration showing a goose-beaked whale emitting an echolocation click while foraging, with the sound waves reaching hydrophones on acoustic recorders at different times. This time difference allows ...