Chinese researchers are currently developing a method to hide secret messages within the sound pulses emitted by sperm whales ...

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 ...

What can we learn from the whales? It’s something that researchers at the CETI project (not to be confused with the SETI Institute) are working on in order to help drive awareness around language ...

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 ...

University of Queensland hearing tests conducted across kilometers of ocean off the Australian coast show humpback whales ...

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 ...

Whale songs are far removed from the singing that humans are used to. Unlike our musical sounds, those produced by whales are a complex range of vocalisations that include groans, clicks and whistles ...

ITHACA, N.Y. –Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), Cornell University researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers — offering a potentially ...

A Teledyne G3 Slocum Glider tries to detect whale sounds off the coast of Georgia. UGA Skidaway Institute doctoral student Frank McQuarrie is taking it out of the water. Catherine Edwards Lab Most ...

Massachusetts (WBZ) — Researchers are listening for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Massachusetts with the help of two new buoys in the water. The high-tech buoys ...

Animals may not have musical instruments, but the way that some species form complex patterns of vocal sequences is remarkable. A recent study has found that Antarctic leopard seal mating call ...