Pods have unique calls for their family group as well as ... and there is still a great deal more to know,' Luke says. Humpback whales are known to be songsters of the sea, with males using very ...

In the new study, the team monitored songs from blue, fin, and humpback whales. They followed the pods traveling off of the West Coast of the United States for six years, looking to see what song ...

A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ...

In total, volunteers recorded 529 humpback whale sightings this year, including 335 pods (or groups of whales) and 62 calves. The February sightings were down 455, or 46.2 percent, from 2017’s ...

Angela Sremba, who conducted the research as part of her doctoral studies at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute, and her colleague studied humpback, blue, and fin whale bones and ...

In the new paper, researchers monitored songs from blue, fin and humpback whales off the West Coast of the United States for six years, to see what the song data could reveal about the health of ...