A multinational team of researchers set out to settle what has oddly been a longstanding dispute in scientific circles: whether, in Moby Dick-esque fashion, sperm whales could use their heads to bash ...

An international team of scientists found a sperm whale could most likely use its massive noggin as a battering ram to down a whaling ship five times its size. Photo / iStock It took Herman Melville ...

In the 19th century the whaling industry helped make Provincetown one of the richest towns in Massachusetts. This maritime history is the inspiration for an upcoming three-day marathon-style reading ...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been dipping into a project called “Moby Dick Big Read.” Plymouth University in England is posting a reading of Moby Dick, one chapter a day. The readers are a mix of ...

image: Unseen for 50 years, Ray Bradbury's screenplay for John Huston's 1956 film Moby Dick has been published with an introduction by William Touponce, Ph.D., director of the Center for Ray Bradbury ...

It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part in his 1851 classic "Moby Dick" when the massive sperm whale and the peg-legged Captain Ahab finally do battle. No spoiler here: Moby Dick wins, ...

Researchers conducted simulated sperm whale crash tests to determine whether their heads can be used as battering rams You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...