The greatest differences between a colossal squid and a sperm whale are their size, range, and morphology. A colossal squid is a large cephalopod from the Southern Ocean with eight limbs, two ...

(CNN) - A rarely seen and little-understood species of whale washed up on a California beach. A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting ...

(CNN) - A rarely seen and little-understood species of whale washed up on a California beach. A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. (FOX26) — The carcass of a pygmy sperm whale washed up on Pismo State Beach on Friday. About 20 researchers, staff, and volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center and the Channel ...

Cantor and Whitehead used an underwater microphone to listen to the sperm whales' clicking sounds, and located differing codas. “Our findings show that biased social learning is a required ...

Researchers are conducting testing on a pygmy sperm whale that washed ashore in Pismo Beach last week. Officials with The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) say it’s rare for these types of whales to ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale struggling in the surf at Dockweiler State Beach ...

Researchers with the Marine Mammal Center and the Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit performed a necropsy on a pygmy sperm whale on Feb. 14, 2025. Emily Pomeroy with the Marine Mammal Center ...