The sounds initially stumped scientists. But in 2016, researchers revealed that biotwang was most likely a call from large ...

They then blew air through the massive structures to produce the sound. In humans, our voices come from vibrations when air passes over structures called vocal folds in our throat. Baleen whales ...

Since the 1960s, a strange, repetitious quacking noise called a “bio-duck,” which can frequently be heard in the Southern Ocean, has puzzled marine biologists and underwater acoustic experts.

Vessel strikes and entanglements — not wind farms — are largely to blame for whale deaths along the East Coast.

Professor Coen Elemans from the University of Southern Denmark is among a group of scientists who have been studying how these sounds are made. "There is about 18 species of whales, large baleen ...

A new study has provided fresh insights into the vocalizations of young humpback whales, revealing what appears to be the first evidence for begging calls in baleen whales. The calf vocalizes and ...

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while baleen whales make deep, low calls that can travel vast distances across the ocean. Cetaceans generate sounds to not only navigate the ocean and locate prey using echolocation but also identify ...