Some animals possess incredibly thick skin to survive hostile environments and predators. Examples include the sperm whale with up to 13.5 inches of skin, the crocodile’s armored hide ...

In fact, bison skin actually changes with the weather by toughening further as the temperature drops. An adult sperm whale ...

A deceased pygmy sperm whale calf was found washed up on the beach just east of South Beach Road in Buxton on Tuesday morning ...

A dead whale has washed up on the beach at Fort Morgan on the Alabama coast. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab confirmed a sperm ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WPMI) — A 40-foot sperm whale was found dead in Fort Morgan, Alabama Sunday morning. Officials removed it ...

Sperm whales live in the depths of the ocean. They dive as deep as 900 meters (nearly 3,000 feet) to forage and spend only about 10 minutes of every hour on the surface. Their world is cold and dark, ...

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 ...

A sperm whale filmed swimming among people at Western Australian beach has died after becoming stuck on a sandbar. Wildlife officers had spent several days trying to guide the elderly whale ...

Sperm whales have washed-up at beaches in the mouth of the Humber The carcasses of three sperm whales have been found in East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire. Two currently remain on mud on ...

FORT MORGAN, Ala. -- A 40-foot sperm whale washed up on the shore of Fort Morgan on Sunday morning. It was spotted behind the beach club weighing more than 30,000 pounds. The goal for the day was ...

Another tough-skinned animal is the sperm whale. It needs this skin to defend itself against the harsh conditions of the ocean. In fact, its skin is up to 13.5 inches thick, especially on its back ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WPMI) — A 40-foot sperm whale was found dead in Fort Morgan, Alabama Sunday morning. Officials removed it from the area and said they would conduct tests to determine the ...