They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be ...

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 ...

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, February 18, 2025--(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 ...

(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 ...

Credit: Vincent Pommeyrol Getty Images The smallest whale species is the dwarf sperm whale, which is about 7 to 9 feet (2 to 2.7 m) long and weighs between 400 and 600 pounds (181 to 270 kg).

(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 ...