The song is not random noise A single humpback whale singing in the North Pacific can produce a sound sequence lasting up to ...

Other scientists even tried “talking” to whales — played recordings of their own songs back to them. The whales responded!

By David GruberSylvia Earle Seventy years ago, Le Monde du Silence, a film by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle, depicted the ...

The English language is full of wonderful words, from “anemone” and “aurora” to “zenith” and “zodiac.” But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The ...

The waters of the West Coast are falling silent. Somewhere deep in the Pacific, off the sunset-lit cliffs of Big Sur and the fog-wrapped bluffs of Mendocino, the largest animal ever known to live on ...

A study published in Scienc on humpback whale songs has provided remarkable insights into the nature of nonhuman animal communication, revealing a striking similarity between whale songs and human ...

Although whale songs have contributed to some conservation efforts, whales are still not adequately protected. Inspired by Dr. Payne's work, Dr. David Gruber, a marine biologist and National ...

Whale songs can be both beautiful and haunting. But the exact mechanism that the 16 species of baleen whales, like humpback and minke whales, use to make those noises hasn’t been well understood. The ...

The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of California, frightening scientists who believe it is an indication of greater ecosystem danger. Scientists tracked the auditory ...

There I was, idly researching cetaceans on the company dime, when I came across Songs of the Humpback Whale. Released 55 years ago this month, this album of whale songs remains the bestselling ...