What the science of baby-speak can tell us about whale songs
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
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Pack-Ice Killer Whale Sounds — on Film
Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures ... Typically, kilowatts are quiet when they're searching for prey because sound travels incredibly well in water. And so they could alert ...
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NOAA drops update vessel to speed rules intended to protect whales
To survive, right whales require immediate ... month that including the waters of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket sounds — where “no vessel strikes have been documented … despite the ...
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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...