SANTA CRUZ, CA–When Jason Gedamke and Daniel Costa first went to Australia to record the sounds of dwarf minke whales, people told them they were wasting their time. There were very few reports of ...

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds - to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation ...

Fred Sharpe has studied humpback whales in Alaska for more than three decades. He’s particularly interested in the sounds they make – and what they mean. Lately, the biologist has been focusing on the ...

This is the first time pack-ice killer whale vocalizations have been recorded. Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and ...

WHALES ALONG THEIR ENTIRE TRIP. SINCE JANUARY. THE SONG OF THE WHALE SAILBOAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING RIGHT WHALES AS THEY MIGRATE NORTH ALONG THE EAST COAST. ITS CREW NOT ONLY WATCHING THE WHALES, BUT ...

Sperm whales use sound to identify themselves socially in a similar manner to how humans use clothing, a new study revealed. Sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean use sound as a form of “symbolic marking” ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Scientists are using underwater microphones to study beaked whales, the ocean’s most elusive mammals. Echolocation clicks ...