The vocalisation of a dwarf minke whale sounds so strange and resonant it has been likened to a Star Wars lightsaber.

However, you may be wondering — “why do whales breach?” While sharks typically breach to catch fast-moving prey, whales do ...

Off the Caribbean island of Dominica, Cecilia Vega dove into efforts to create a preserve to protect sperm whales and ...

Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings might be trying to ...

A pod of humpback whales encountered a group of killer whales during feeding time off the coast of California. On June 24, a ...

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by making clicking sounds, and then decoding the "echoic return signal ...

What can we learn from the whales? It’s something that researchers at the CETI project (not to be confused with the SETI Institute) are working on in order to help drive awareness around ...

Scientists mapped dolphin and whale brains to uncover how echolocation works, revealing they may use sound more like touch ...