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Photo: VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images Sperm Whales Make One of the Loudest Sounds of Any Mammal, and Scientists Still Don’t Fully Know Why
Researchers say male sperm whales’ slow clicks can travel up to 70 kilometers and may advertise their size.
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Scientists Think They Finally Know Why Some Whales Float Upside Down
Researchers say southern right whale mothers may float belly-up to rest, conserve energy, and briefly keep hungry calves from nursing.
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Scientists Found Sperm Whales May Have Their Own Regional Accents
Researchers analyzed thousands of whale clicks and found Mediterranean sperm whales use distinct regional dialects.
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A whale skeleton, not one of the whale skeletons. Photo: Placebo365 / Getty Images Scientists Found a Massive Whale Graveyard That’s Been Filling Up for 5 Million Years
It might be home to entirely new species.
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Windsurfer Gets Wrecked by Whale in San Francisco Bay in Crazy Video
…that looked like it hurt.
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Wildestanimal/Getty Images Whales Were Filmed Headbutting Each Other for the First Time. Why Are They Doing It?
Scientists have, for the first time, captured clear footage of sperm whales repeatedly ramming each other headfirst.
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