In the ocean videos we’ve become accustomed to, the sounds of the sea are fairly simple: the whoosh of bubbles as a shark darts after a seal, the splash of a breaching dolphin, the British ac… ...

Most current understanding of whale song comes from well studied species such as humpback, blue and fin whales, for which singing is thought to be a breeding display by males to attract females ...

Humpback whales are famed for their songs, most often heard in breeding season when males are competing to mate with females. In recent years, however, reports of whale songs occurring outside ...

Researchers have identified the source of a deep rumbling in the ocean as the song of the male fin whale, raising concerns that its mating calls are being disrupted by sound pollution from sonar ...

Humpback whales overwintering in feeding areas may sing complex, progressive songs which closely resemble those associated with breeding grounds, according to a study published Jan. 23, 2019, in ...

By Bobby Bascomb Each year, during summer and fall, large groups of baleen whales gather off the coast of California, U.S., to feast on krill and fish before heading south to breeding areas in the ...

Humpback whales overwintering in feeding areas may sing complex, progressive songs which closely resemble those associated with breeding grounds, according to a study published January 23, 2019 in ...

The songs of male humpback whales seem to become more complex in the months before they look for a mate, ... males slowly reconstruct their song from the previous breeding season, ...

Scientists discover a whale species’ mating songs are as complex as jazz. April 4, 2018. Bowhead whales showed off their voices in the Fram Strait, a passage between Greenland and Norway, in 2013.