Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of clicking noises - called codas - sounding a bit like Morse code. Skip to main content ...

Sperm whales are the loudest animals in the ocean. Their codas can be as loud as 230 decibels. That's almost twice as loud as standing next to a jet engine during takeoff.

Sperm whales can grow up to 60 feet (18 meters) long and dive to nearly 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) to hunt for squid. They sleep vertically, in groups.

Sperm whales are the loudest animals in the ocean. Their codas can be as loud as 230 decibels. That's almost twice as loud as standing next to a jet engine during takeoff.

A massive 40-foot sperm whale carcass washed ashore an Oregon beach on Saturday, bloodied and broken in a loss to the endangered species.. The juvenile male was found on a beach in Fort Stevens ...

Sometimes called a sperm whale’s “gunshot,” these sounds are the loudest made by any animal — over 200 decibels, or roughly the equivalent of a Saturn IV rocket blasting off, and loud ...

Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort ...