Tag Archive for 'Pygmy sperm whale'

Scaphokogia huachafo was about 2.7 m (9 feet) long; the entire structure of its skull and neck was designed to point its snout directly toward the seafloor. Image credit: Jaime Bran Sarmiento.

Fossil Skull from Peru Reveals Pygmy Sperm Whale with Record-Breaking Facial Asymmetry

Nov 9, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Some six million years ago (Late Miocene epoch), a pygmy sperm whale with a face unlike anything in today’s oceans may have swept its downturned snout...

A giant squid, at least 10-12 feet in length, approaches the Medusa’s e-jelly lure before realizing the e-jelly is not food and retreating. Image credit: Edie Widder & Nathan Robinson.

Giant Squid DNA Found in Deep Canyons off Australia

May 7, 2026 by News Staff

Using environmental DNA (eDNA) collected from waters more than 4 km deep off Western Australia’s Nyinggulu (Ningaloo) coast, researchers identified a...