Sperm whales blasted a "big dark bubble" of poop to prevent an impending orca attack off the southern coast of Western Australia. Scientists witnessed the clever defense strategy unfold Tuesday ...

Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris. Though it develops in the intestine of sperm whales, it produces a prized scent used in high-end fragrances. Following is the ...

“Because sperm whales’ diet consists mostly of squid, they actually have this really reddish coloured poo,” she noted. The attack, which had lasted for more than an hour, petered out as the ...

Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris. Though it develops in the intestine of sperm whales, it produces a prized scent used in high-end fragrances. Following is the ...

The open-access study, the first to look at the forms of these trace metals in what's commonly known as whale poop, was published in January in Communications Earth & Environment. "We made novel ...