Fred Sharpe has studied humpback whales in Alaska for more than three decades. He’s particularly interested in the sounds they make – and what they mean. Lately, the biologist has been focusing on the ...

KELLY: It's the song of a humpback whale, a type of baleen whale. COEN ELEMANS: All the baleen whales make extremely low frequency sounds, and it sounds like a bit like humming, like, (imitating whale ...

In 2014, scientists hauled their recording equipment into Marineland, an aquatic theme park located in the French resort town of Antibes. They wanted to see if a 14-year old orca whale living there, ...

THE EASTERN SEABOARD. WE ARE LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF THE SEA. WE BUILD THE BUOYS THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME THAT WE USE TO DO TO NEAR REAL TIME ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF RIGHT WHALES, MEANING WE LISTEN ...

I was a member of the team that received funding from various navy sponsors to study the effects of sonar on cetaceans. The research was carried out independently from sponsor influence, and our ...

Scientists have long struggled to study how whales produce sound. A new paper in the journal Nature paints the most complete picture yet of how baleen whales produce their iconic, haunting calls.