One of these things is the importance of whale oil and why the entire crew is willing ... the group is faced with a huge albino bull sperm whale, which pushes them to the edge of devastation.
The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...
Marine scientists are investigating yet another whale death after the carcass of a sperm whale washed up on ... "due to the location of the stranding and the conditions on the beach." ...
Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris. Though it develops in the intestine of sperm whales, it produces a prized scent used in high-end fragrances. Following is the ...
Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...
Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...
"The sperm whales ... the spill, the oil company spent about $69 billion on cleanup. Some species of whales weren’t expected to fully recover in 10 years, but most whale populations were ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began nearly 15 ... s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that sperm whale populations have declined by about 31% and beaked ...