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Coral Spawning - Florida

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A branch of coral that just finished spawning, in the front, during the yearly coral spawning event on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at Spawning Alley, a nursery run by the Coral Restoration Foundation off of Key Largo, Florida. The bundles of egg and sperm work its way towards the top of the polyp to be released into the water column for mating, also called spawning. Photo by Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stranded dwarf sperm whale returned to sea in south China

STORY: Stranded dwarf sperm whale returned to sea in south China SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: FANGCHENGGANG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1.various of rescuing dwarf sperm whale STORYLINE: A dwarf sperm whale stranded on the beach in Fangchenggang, south China's Guangxi, was rescued by locals and tourists. Despite initial failures due to its weight, fisheries staff successfully returned it to the sea. Xinhua News Agency Correspondents Reporting from Fangchenggang, China. (XHTV)

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US: Sperm Whale Dies After Beached Off Florida Coast

An adult sperm whale was beached off the coast of Venice, Florida on Sunday, March 10. The 44-feet-long whale, which was spotted on a sandbar off of Venice Beach, later died early Monday.

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US: Sperm Whale Dies After Beached Off Florida Coast 2

An adult sperm whale was beached off the coast of Venice, Florida on Sunday, March 10. The 44-feet-long whale, which was spotted on a sandbar off of Venice Beach, later died early Monday. This video shows the deceased animal with staff from Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and NOAA Monday morning.

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US: Sperm Whale Dies After Beached Off Florida Coast 3

An adult sperm whale was beached off the coast of Venice, Florida on Sunday, March 10. The 44-feet-long whale, which was spotted on a sandbar off of Venice Beach, later died early Monday.

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Lab-Grown Human Embryos Offer New Research Hope

Handout photo shows a stem-cell derived human embryo model showing blue cells (embryo), yellow cells (yolk sac) and pink cells (placenta). Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their "embryo model", made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo. It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab. The ambition for embryo models is to provide an ethical way of understanding the earliest moments of our lives. The researchers, led by Palestinian scientist Jacob Hanna at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, harnessed the power of embryonic stem cells, which can become any kind of cell. They produced embryo models up to 14 days old, which is the legal limit for human embryo lab research in many countries, and the point at which organs like the brain begin to develop. The researchers say their work differs from those of other teams because it uses chemic

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Lab-Grown Human Embryos Offer New Research Hope

Handout photo shows a stem-cell derived human embryo model showing blue cells (embryo), yellow cells (yolk sac) and pink cells (placenta). Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their "embryo model", made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo. It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab. The ambition for embryo models is to provide an ethical way of understanding the earliest moments of our lives. The researchers, led by Palestinian scientist Jacob Hanna at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, harnessed the power of embryonic stem cells, which can become any kind of cell. They produced embryo models up to 14 days old, which is the legal limit for human embryo lab research in many countries, and the point at which organs like the brain begin to develop. The researchers say their work differs from those of other teams because it uses chemic

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-SPERM WHALE-CARCASS

(230829) -- TEL AVIV, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows the carcass of a 10-meter-long sperm whale on Ga'ash Beach, to the north of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-SPERM WHALE-CARCASS

(230829) -- TEL AVIV, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows the carcass of a 10-meter-long sperm whale on Ga'ash Beach, to the north of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-SPERM WHALE-CARCASS

(230829) -- TEL AVIV, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows the carcass of a 10-meter-long sperm whale on Ga'ash Beach, to the north of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-SPERM WHALE-CARCASS

(230829) -- TEL AVIV, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows the carcass of a 10-meter-long sperm whale on Ga'ash Beach, to the north of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-SPERM WHALE-CARCASS

(230829) -- TEL AVIV, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows the carcass of a 10-meter-long sperm whale on Ga'ash Beach, to the north of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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15 cetacean species recorded during survey in South China Sea

STORY: 15 cetacean species recorded during survey in South China Sea DATELINE: July 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of survey of deep-diving and off-shore cetaceans in the South China Sea 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI SONGHAI, Researcher of Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: A survey of deep-diving and off-shore cetaceans in the South China Sea was completed on Saturday. Preliminary analysis of the survey shows that at least 15 cetacean species were spotted, including sperm whales, short-finned pilot whales, Risso's dolphins, and rough-toothed dolphins. The survey, the sixth of a series, lasted 20 days on a voyage of more than 3,500 kilometers. Its task zone was mainly in the northern part of the South China Sea. The survey was organized by the Marine Mammal and Marine Bioacoustics Laboratory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI SONGHAI, Researcher of Institute of Deep-s

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A couple of mandarin fishes mating - Bali Indonesia

A couple of mandarin fishes ( Synchiropus splendidus ) mating in Permuteran Bay, Bali Indonesia on May 2023. The mandarinfish is most famous for its distinctive mating ritual. Under the dimmed light of sunset hours, mandarinfish couples perform an extraordinary courtship dance. Females gather at the reef, judging if a male is worthy. A male who has successfully courted a lady attaches to her at the pelvic fin. Then the pair swim up from the reef towards the water’s surface, releasing a cloud of sperm and eggs (around 200 eggs). Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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INDONESIA-BALI-STRANDED SPERM WHALE

(230406) -- BALI, April 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows veterinaries performing an examination of a stranded sperm whale at Yeh Malet Beach in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, April 6, 2023. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-BALI-STRANDED SPERM WHALE

(230406) -- BALI, April 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People walk near a stranded sperm whale at Yeh Malet Beach in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, April 6, 2023. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-BALI-STRANDED SPERM WHALE

(230406) -- BALI, April 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows excavators burying a stranded sperm whale at Yeh Malet Beach in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, April 6, 2023. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi/Xinhua)

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Stranded whale rescued in S China

STORY: Stranded whale rescued in S China DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue operations 2. various of the whale being treated STORYLINE: A whale was found stranded on Wednesday afternoon in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province. Marine experts said it's a dwarf sperm whale, a second-class nationally protected animal. It is over 3 meters long and weighs about 150 kilograms. Rescuers later took the wounded whale to a professional rescue center. It will be released back to the sea after recovery. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sanya, China. (XHTV)

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Dead whale in Osaka Bay sunk offshore

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 19, 2023, shows a dead whale being transported by a vessel off the Kii Peninsula, western Japan, before being sent down to the sea floor. The 15-meter-long male sperm whale, which was first sighted on Jan. 9 near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, became progressively weaker and was confirmed dead four days later.

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Dead whale in Osaka Bay sunk offshore

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 19, 2023, shows a dead whale being sent down to the sea floor with 30-ton concrete blocks from a vessel off the Kii Peninsula, western Japan. The 15-meter-long male sperm whale, which was first sighted on Jan. 9 near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, became progressively weaker and was confirmed dead four days later.

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Dead whale in Osaka Bay sunk offshore

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 19, 2023, shows a dead whale being sent down to the sea floor with 30-ton concrete blocks from a vessel off the Kii Peninsula, western Japan. The 15-meter-long male sperm whale, which was first sighted on Jan. 9 near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, became progressively weaker and was confirmed dead four days later.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Dead stray whale in Osaka

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a dead sperm whale put on a vessel for academic study in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was confirmed dead near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka on Jan. 13 after spending a few days there.

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Dead stray whale in Osaka

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a dead sperm whale put on a vessel for academic study in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was confirmed dead near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka on Jan. 13 after spending a few days there.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

A child waves his cap as port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities tie a rope around a dead sperm whale in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities watch as a dead sperm whale is transported in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Fertile eggs produced through egg donation from anonymous women

TOKYO, June 27 Kyodo - Sachiko Kishimoto, the head of OD-Net, a nonprofit organization supporting fertility treatment, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2015. Two women with ovarian function problems have produced fertile eggs through in-vitro fertilization using sperm from their husbands and eggs donated from anonymous females, OD-Net said.

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World's first 'space mouse' born out of cryopreserved sperm

KOFU, Japan - Teruhiko Wakayama (R), professor at University of Yamanashi, and his wife Sayaka Wakayama, associate professor of the same institution, announce the birth of the world's first "space mouse" fertilized by cryopreserved sperm in Kofu, northwest of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The sperm, cryopreserved on the International Space Station, was brought back to fertilize eggs on the ground in a project conducted jointly with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Whale watching off Rausu, Hokkaido

RAUSU, Japan - A sperm whale swims in waters off Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 25, 2014. Whale watching in the area is gaining popularity.

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Stray whale returns to ocean off Japan's Wakayama

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A sperm whale, which had remained in a shallow bay in Wakayama Prefecture since mid-May, returns to the Pacific off Tanabe in the prefecture on June 1. People living nearby and animal lovers had become concerned as the 15-meter whale appeared weak and apparently unable to find a way out of the bay despite a series of unsuccessful rescue attempts.

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People conceived via artificial insemination reveal their plight

TOKYO, Japan - A man conceived via artificial insemination using an anonymous sperm donor checks mug shots he has collected from the Internet and newspapers to find clues about the donor.

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Guide dogs born through artificial insemination

SAPPORO, Japan - Tsukushi, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever bred by Akiko Toki of Sapporo's Teine Ward, feeds her six puppies which she gave birth to through artificial insemination. The Hokkaido Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said May 8 it conducted the artificial insemination, using sperm of another guide dog, for the first time in Japan. The puppies, six males, were born in March and are in good health.

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Sperm from 2 men with HIV cleared of virus

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 15 shows the Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, where doctors said the sperm of two men with HIV has been cleared of the virus in successful vitro fertilization of their wives.

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Greek professor will launch human sperm experiments

TOTTORI, Japan - Nikolaos Sofikitis, a researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of Tottori University in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News at the university. The Greek professor said he and his team will launch experiments in Greece next year to preserve sperm-producing functions of young cancer patients by temporarily transferring them to mice and rats.

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Pacific resort town battles to save beached whale

NAGOYA, Japan - As townsfolk watch, municipal officials and volunteers in the Pacific resort of Osuka, Shizuoka Prefecture, battle April 6 to save a sperm whale which has been stranded on their beach. Workers used an excavator to dig a trench so that the whale can swim back out to sea when the tide changes.

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Whale wounded after collision with a pleasure fishing boat

A pleasure fishing boat collided with a whale in Tokyo Bay on July 9, injuring seven people, one seriously. The photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the sperm whale wounded on the back near its tail fin.

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NEW ZEALAND-NATURE-CLIMATE CHANGE-WHALES

(220811) -- WELLINGTON, Aug. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2021 shows a whale near Kaikoura, New Zealand. A new study has showed many areas around New Zealand will become unsuitable for blue and sperm whales as global sea-surface temperatures continue to rise, with new modelling predicting they will be seeking refuge further south. TO GO WITH "Climate change in New Zealand to cause sperm, blue whales to seek higher latitudes" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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NEW ZEALAND-NATURE-CLIMATE CHANGE-WHALES

(220811) -- WELLINGTON, Aug. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2021 shows a whale near Kaikoura, New Zealand. A new study has showed many areas around New Zealand will become unsuitable for blue and sperm whales as global sea-surface temperatures continue to rise, with new modelling predicting they will be seeking refuge further south. TO GO WITH "Climate change in New Zealand to cause sperm, blue whales to seek higher latitudes" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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Climate change in New Zealand to cause sperm, blue whales to seek higher latitudes

STORY: Climate change in New Zealand to cause sperm, blue whales to seek higher latitudes DATELINE: August 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of people observing sea animalsvarious of whales STORYLINE: Many areas around New Zealand will become unsuitable for blue and sperm whales as global sea-surface temperatures continue to rise, and new modelling predicts they'll be seeking refuge further south, a new study shows. Areas around New Zealand's southern and eastern offshore islands will likely become more suitable for these species, but the move will have a destabilizing effect on marine ecosystems. These changes will likely have a negative effect on tourism in areas such as New Zealand's Kaikoura, known for whale watching, as sightings become less frequent and less reliable, according to the research recently published in the international journal Ecological Indicators. Most of the tourists going on a whale watching tour in Kaikoura can spot whales fro