Seventy-seven years after its recording, WHOI recovered what could be the first humpback whale song captured on audio. It was labeled "fish noises." ...

Humpback whale calves communicate with their mothers with “burping, barking and snorting sounds,” according to a new study. Photo from Swanson Chan, UnSplash As many parents can attest, babies often ...

The research team found that the whales responded to most sounds as had been predicted based on prior research that studied the ear structures of dead whales. They also discovered something unexpected ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. From the moment that the biologist Heike Vester presses play, the sound of the static ...