Medicine Buffalo

What’s really happening when whales sing? It’s not what established science claims, according to a new book by UB researcher

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 ...
Medicine Buffalo

Singing humpbacks are exploring, not courting, UB researcher says

Psychology professor Eduardo Mercado III wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first heard humpback whales singing. A groundbreaking expert on whale song, Mercado is a cognitive ...
AOL

10 Essential Facts About Humpback Whales

One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...
Discover Wildlife

It's the length of a bus, weighs the same as a tank and can leap 12 metres high – oh and it's one of the world's best singers too...

Learn all humpback whales, giant sirens of the sea - from where they live to what they eat, and why they don't have teeth ...
Psychology Today

Whale Songs: Windows Into What They Sense and Feel

Any way you slice it, whales are fascinating animals. They vary greatly in size and behavior, have rich and deep cognitive and emotional lives, and many can communicate and negotiate their social and ...