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Environment

Why This Whale ‘Poop’ Is Called ‘Floating Gold’

12.14.20

By Koh Ewe
A Man in Mumbai Was Arrested for Trying to Sell Whale Vomit for Rs 1.7 Crore

06.19.19

By Shamani Joshi
Tech

Famously Huge Great White Shark, ‘Deep Blue,’ Feasts on Dead Sperm Whale in Hawaii

01.16.19

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

The Tiger Sharks Eating This Dead Whale Aren’t Waiting for the Government Shutdown to End

01.11.19

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

Dead Sperm Whale Had 115 Plastic Cups, 1,000 Plastic Shards in its Stomach

11.21.18

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

This Sperm Whale Relocation Is Further Evidence They Have a ‘Culture’

10.18.16

By Kate Lunau
Tech

The Surprising Similarities Between Whales and Primates

08.24.16

By Shane Gero
Tech

A New Sperm Whale ‘Culture’ Was Just Identified in the Caribbean

06.08.16

By Kate Lunau
Entertainment

A Virtual Reality Dive with the Ocean’s Largest Predatory Mammals

04.18.16

By Beckett Mufson
Tech

Watch this Sperm Whale Nose Up to an Underwater Robot

04.15.15

By Jordan Valinsky
Tech

Another Whale Exploded: Some Thoughts

11.27.13

By Lex Berko

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