The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...

Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...

Scientists have decoded the language that whales use to communicate with each other in the ocean during social interactions ...

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” ...

Hearing the haunting moans and cries that whales make to communicate is an unforgettable, spine-tingling experience. Tourists describe a sense of awe when they witness whale songs, and a series of new ...

Whales are among the loudest animals on Earth, but even they can be susceptible to harm from excessive or overly loud noise in the ocean. Scientists have measured blue whales calls as loud as 190 ...

Humpback whales are known to sing, though researchers have yet to identify the exact reason why Sound is a vital form of communication for all species, and humpback whales are no different. According ...

Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at ...

Tracking blue whales by their booming vocalizations, researchers have revealed how these ocean giants find dense aggregations of food. A study by MBARI researchers and their collaborators published ...

Narwhals have been caught on camera colliding with deep ocean monitors. The mysterious toothed whale species native to the ...

"The situation with [them] can serve as a cautionary tale." Scientists sound alarm after observing worrisome behavior shift ...

Northwest artist Perri Lynch-Howard, a Marblehead native, reimagines the depths of the world’s oceans as grand canyons of chorales, the habitats of whale choirs, singing — much the way Eastern Point ...