Let’s explore why whales sing and how these mesmerizing sounds play such an important role in the continued survival of these most ancient of creatures. To Communicate Whale songs are a primary ...

In an unprecedented scientific feat, researchers have bridged the gap between humans and humpback whales, achieving a ...

Male humpback whales lengthen their songs when exposed to low-frequency sonar, a finding that raises concern about the impact of man-made noise on mar ...

Beloved author James Rebanks takes a hiatus from his farm in the Lake District for a sojourn on a far-flung island among the “duck women.” ...

Scientists believe humpback whale songs — while still shrouded in mystery — likely play some sort of role in the animals’ mating behavior, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The blue whale is the largest animal to have ever lived and has been known to reach a whopping 110 feet long. Baleen whales mainly feed on krill, plankton, and small fish.

Unlike anything on the hit album Songs of the Humpback Whale (released in 1970, the wildlife recording went multi-platinum), the mysterious new noise has such a low beat it’s scarcely audible.

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 tropics.

Lismore: Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions.

We analysed the whale song data using the same procedure. A humpback whale mother and calf on the New Caledonian breeding grounds. Credit: Mark Quintin Unexpectedly, using this technique revealed in ...

"Whales showed the same structure in terms of their song … they follow a lot of the same rules that language follows," Dr Allen said. "We were very surprised at the finding." ...

The study, which used recordings from 653 days for the presence of fin whale songs, said the whales' singing was most prevalent from September to December, followed by the springtime in March and ...