...-resolution digital tag to record depth, 3-D orientation, and sounds heard and produced by 23 deep-diving sperm whales in the Ligurian Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Periods of active thrusting versus gliding were identified through analysis of oscillations measured by a 3-axis accelerometer. Accelerations during...

...-diving sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) (Physeteridae, Odontoceti) are dedicated to the production of clicks. However, air volumes in diving mammals are reduced with increasing ambient pressure, which seems likely to influence pneumatic sound production at depth. To study sperm whale sound...

...David R. Carrier; Stephen M. Deban; Jason Otterstrom SUMMARY `Forehead to forehead I meet thee, this third time, Moby Dick!' [Ahab ( Melville, 1851 )] Herman Melville's fictional portrayal of the sinking of the Pequod was inspired by instances in which large sperm whales sank whaling ships...