Necropsy Finds No Obvious Cause After Dependent Sperm Whale Calf Strands Alone in Cape Breton

Nature World News | 09.11.2026 07:25
A young male sperm whale that stranded repeatedly on the eastern coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, has died, and a necropsy found no obvious cause of death. The calf was likely less than a year old and still dependent on its mother, yet it was found alone in waters far north of where female sperm whales normally raise their young.