BUFFALO, N.Y. – Eduardo Mercado III, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of psychology and a groundbreaking expert on whale song, wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first ...

Research published earlier in 2025 found that whales sing less when food is scarce. Using underwater microphones, or hydrophones, an interdisciplinary team of researchers recorded the songs of blue ...

Humpback whales sing louder to be heard over noise created by the wind, but they don’t do so in response to noise from shipping. The oceans are becoming increasingly noisy due to noise generated by ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

Humpback whale singing dominates the marine soundscape during winter months off Maui. However, despite decades of research, many questions regarding humpback whale behavior and song remain unanswered.

A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of ...

Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...

Some whale species evade killer whales by singing at deep frequencies that are “completely undetectable” to the predators, according to a new study. Photo from John Towner, UnSplash Some baleen whale ...