Research published earlier in 2025 found that whales sing less when food is scarce. Using underwater microphones, or hydrophones, an interdisciplinary team of researchers recorded the songs of blue ...

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, a thin plastic audio disc sat forgotten in an archive drawer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Recorded on March 7, 1949, near Bermuda, it had been labeled with vague notes ...

The song is not random noise A single humpback whale singing in the North Pacific can produce a sound sequence lasting up to 30 minutes, then repeat it almost exactly. Over weeks, the song changes, ...

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 ...

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 ...

There I was, idly researching cetaceans on the company dime, when I came across Songs of the Humpback Whale. Released 55 years ago this month, this album of whale songs remains the bestselling ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. PORTLAND, Maine — Researchers on Cape Cod, Mass., recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sound ...