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...sperm whale, whose species is the largest of the toothed whales, is an important addition for the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The museum now has the remains of three sperm whales...
...carcass of the young, 40-foot male sperm whale was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard near Isle of Shoals, N.H., about two and a half weeks ago, according to Petty Officer Mike J. Daponte of the U.S. Coast Guard...
Chupasko said sperm whales are "significant in history." She said several barrels of oil can be recovered from the large spermaceti organ in their heads...
...dioxin on male rats, he found that the dose needed to cause reproductive-system problems was relatively high. "But when we exposed pregnant rats to a dose 1/100th as large," he says, "we found the male offspring showed signs of reproductive dysfunction," including smaller sex organs, reduction in sperm counts and feminized sexual behavior. Peterson also found defects in lake-trout embryos exposed to dioxin...
...result of their waiting too long to try for children. The incidence of testicular cancer is higher than it was two decades ago, but that could be because of better reporting. Even the strongest piece of evidence, a Danish study that seems to document a drop in sperm counts over the past 50 years, is considered inconclusive by some scientists...