Hearing tests uncover unexpected humpback sensitivity to high-frequency noise

University of Queensland hearing tests conducted across kilometers of ocean off the Australian coast show humpback whales ...
Yahoo

Creepy 'biotwang' noises coming from the Mariana Trench finally explained after 10 years

Researchers have finally identified the source of mysterious noises coming from the deepest ocean trench. The odd sounds, described as "biotwang" noises, sound a bit like sci-fi starships, and are ...
Reuters

For toothed whales, sound production is all in the nose

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds - to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation ...
news.ucsc

Minke whale sounds

SANTA CRUZ, CA–When Jason Gedamke and Daniel Costa first went to Australia to record the sounds of dwarf minke whales, people told them they were wasting their time. There were very few reports of ...
Alaska Public Media

Do you ever hear whale sounds? This biologist wants you to tell him about them

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 ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Researchers studying right whale sounds off Massachusetts coast

WHALES ALONG THEIR ENTIRE TRIP. SINCE JANUARY. THE SONG OF THE WHALE SAILBOAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING RIGHT WHALES AS THEY MIGRATE NORTH ALONG THE EAST COAST. ITS CREW NOT ONLY WATCHING THE WHALES, BUT ...
The Press of Atlantic City

Researchers recording whale sounds locate blue whales off New Jersey, along East Coast

Researchers studying ocean sounds came up with a whopper last year: the eerie bellow of blue whales cruising past New Jersey. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York has been studying whale sounds ...
Green Matters on MSN

Melting ice is making the Arctic louder underwater, and whales are struggling to be heard

With the rapid melting of Arctic ice, the waters have opened up to more human traffic, which is disturbing the underwater ...
Business Insider

Whales use a sound similar to Kim Kardashian's 'vocal fry' to hunt deep sea prey, say scientists

Toothed whales can use vocal registers like humans to communicate and hunt. Like Kim Kardashian, whales have a "vocal fry" which can be used to find prey in deep sea. At that depth, the whales' lungs ...
Washington Examiner

Sounds cool: Sperm whales use sound to communicate identity, new research reveals

Sperm whales use sound to identify themselves socially in a similar manner to how humans use clothing, a new study revealed. Sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean use sound as a form of “symbolic marking” ...

These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National Geographic issued a record-breaking album of those tunes alongside a story about ...