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SnotBot: a drone fitted with six petri dishes that collect a whale’s snot by flying over the animal as it surfaces and ...

Quick Take The sperm whale was designated Connecticut’s official state animal in 1975 to honor a 19th-century whaling empire ...

When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

Drone-based blow sampling advances pathogen surveillance in North Atlantic whales using DJI equipment for non-invasive health monitoring.

Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...

"One-in-a-million" drone photos show the world's biggest gender reveal - as experts discover the beloved Pi, the humpback ...

Scientists refer to sperm whales with the more sensible species name Physeter macrocephalus. Reaching up to 18.5 meters (60 ...

The newborn pair, both males, came into the world on January 3, 2026, at Virunga National Park in the forested foothills of ...