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 ...

After the attack, which took place off the coast of Honduras, one of the orcas charged “directly” at the anglers’ boat.

BEACH walkers were stunned to come across a massive whale skull washed up on the shore. Samuel Watkiss, 24, a keen surfer and environmentalist from Yorkshire Dales, stumbled upon the ...

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 ...

The whale's severe injury was apparent in footage captured shortly after the incident An endangered sperm whale - nicknamed Julio by scientists - has been killed in a collision with a vessel in ...

A dead whale has washed up on the beach at Fort Morgan on the Alabama coast. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab confirmed a sperm whale carcass washed up along the shore in Fort Morgan, WKRG-TV reported.

A deceased pygmy sperm whale calf was found washed up on the beach just east of South Beach Road in Buxton on Tuesday morning, January 7, at approximately 8:00 a.m. The whale was discovered by ...

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 ...

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 ...