Drones Reveal Whale Combat

Researchers used multiple drones to record, for the first time in a systematic way, young male sperm whales ramming one another head‑on beneath the surface. The footage confirms a long‑standing hypothesis about male contest behavior and suggests drones can routinely uncover hidden social interactions in large marine animals. — If drones become a standard observational tool, they will reshape animal‑behaviour science, marine conservation priorities, and rules for human approaches to large whales.