An international research team, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, has uncovered an “exceptional” ...

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, recently provided a comprehensive, ...

The migrations of sperm whales are impressive, and so, too, are the travels of their teeth. In 2018, a team of archaeologists discovered a fragment of a sperm whale tooth at Valencina, a Copper Age ...

A 12-inch whale tooth, larger than that of a Tyrannosaurus rex, was discovered this month in Melbourne, Australia. Experts say it likely belonged to an extinct species of "killer sperm whale" that ...

Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds - to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation and to communicate with other ...

Research student Alex Boersma is seen with the fossil specimen of Albicetus oxymycterus , composed of the beak and lower jaws of the whale. Boersma also holds a tooth from the specimen, which is ...

Sperm whales are the largest of the toothed whales and have one of the widest global distributions of any marine mammal species. They are found in all deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of ...

This medium-sized sperm whale tooth is polished and carved on two sides. On the obverse, an elaborately-dressed man and woman walk away from the viewer, beneath an arch of laurel leaves on a vine. The ...

A 12-inch whale tooth, larger than that of a Tyrannosaurus rex, was discovered this month in Melbourne, Australia. Experts say it likely belonged to an extinct species of "killer sperm whale" that ...

The solid base of the tooth has a stamp carved in its bottom: in reversed cursive lettering is the name "H. Gerodett." The tooth was donated by a descendant of Henry Gerodett, a US Navy enlisted ...