moby-dick, sperm whales

‘Moby-Dick’: The Tale of a Whale That May Not Be So Fictional

Ever since the book Moby-Dick was published in 1851, people have debated whether a sperm whale could actually sink ships using its colossal head as a battering ram. An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Olga Panagiotopoulou from the University of Queensland, has been researching this very theory. In their research, published in PeerJ, the biological and medical sciences ...

Troy Oakes

The tail of a sperm whale is seen above the seawater with a cloudy sky in the background.

An Amazing Discovery: Sperm Whales Sleeping Vertically

Imagine being a diver and coming across a group of sperm whales sleeping vertically, not swimming like dolphins and porpoises, but floating upright and motionless in the open sea. If you ever witnessed such a scene, congrats, you have seen a very rare sight. Sperm whales sleeping vertically: A rare sight Back in 2008, a ...

Armin Auctor

Sperm whales.