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

Let’s explore why whales sing and how these mesmerizing sounds play such an important role in the continued survival of these most ancient of creatures. To Communicate Whale songs are a primary ...

Have you ever seen a picture or a video of a whale jumping out of the water? If you have, you’ve seen a whale breaching.

Listeners can eavesdrop on whales and other sea creatures 3,000 feet below the surface off the coast of Northern California. ... You Can Now Listen To A Livestream Of Whale Sounds 24/7 ...

Research Tracks Whales By Listening To Sounds Date: January 2, 2006 Source: Oregon State University Summary: Researchers have developed a new tool to help them study endangered whales ...

June 20 -- The first time he heard the strange sound coming from the waters around Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Jason Gedamke thought he had somehow slipped into a science fiction movie. "The ...

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.

A humpback whale delighted passengers aboard a Washington-based tour boat Tuesday by swimming close to the vessel and appearing to mimic the sounds of its exhaust pipe. The accompanying footage ...

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 and to communicate with other ...

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 ...

A humpback whale breaches west of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) ...