For male humpback whales, singing is serious business. Their haunting, complex songs can last for hours and travel for miles underwater, playing a central role in reproduction during the winter ...

An album of humpback whale songs released in 1970 became a significant environmental work. These structured whale sounds were identified as songs by researchers Roger Payne and Scott McVay. The ...

Source: Christopher Michel, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Whale song is largely considered to be a display of reproductive fitness, akin to the melodies produced by ...

For male humpback whales, singing is serious business. Their haunting, complex songs can last for hours and travel for miles underwater, playing a central role in reproduction during the winter ...

A humpback whale alters the pitch of its song when joined by a neighboring singer, a finding that opens a new chapter in the ongoing effort to understand whale song, some of the most structurally and ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals ...

Boat engines are changing what underwater microphones can hear along Panama’s Pacific coast. Early results from a yearlong ...

Humpback whales photographed with drone off the coast of Kapalua, Hawaii. Mother whale and her calf splash in the warm Pacific waters as two dolphins join in on then fun.© Justin ...

The male humpback whale song is one of the longest and most complex of any animal: a single call can last up to 30 minutes. Scientists are still unsure what its purpose is. Paramount+ is here! Stream ...

The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of California, frightening scientists who believe it is an indication of greater ecosystem danger. Scientists tracked the auditory ...