WHALE TALES The vocal repertoire of southern right whales includes quiet calls that may help mothers and calves stay in touch while hiding their location from predators, a study finds. Nattrass ...

New research shows southern right whales in the Great Australia Bight might be using the shallow waters to whisper to their calves so that predators, like killer whales, can't hear them ...

Southern right whales have only recently returned to places like Flinders Bay. The overall population is thought to number around 10,000 and is slowly increasing.

How do southern right whale mothers protect their precious calves from killer whale attacks when the predators can listen out for their conversations? It turns out that the mothers and their ...

Southern right whales have commonly used three forms of acoustic crypsis to avoid predators: reduction in call amplitude; using signal frequencies which are difficult for eavesdroppers to detect ...

By Peter Corkeron In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great whales are ...

The southern right whale is a huge fortress of animal—50 feet and 60 tons of muscle and blubber. At its size, this giant should have nothing to fear from ocean predators, except possibly for ...

The southern right whale is every bit as magnificent a creature as the humpback. Playful and curious, known to interact with other marine mammals, southern rights travel their own migration path ...